George Orwell worked at the Ministry of Information under Bracken's term as Minister of Information. 2010 and 2015 television documentaries On 21 December 2010, RTÉ One broadcast an hour-long TV documentary about his life entitled Brendan Bracken – Churchill's Irishman. The programme was made by Spanish production company, Marbella Productions, in association with RTÉ, and examined Bracken's life through photographs, interviews, rare archive footage and dramatic reconstructions, and told of his importance in the areas of British political and journalistic life, despite his attempt to hide from history by having all his papers burned after his death. The 2015 television documentary Churchill's Secret Son is the 90-minute version of the previous documentary Churchill's Irishman, updated by the producers including additional images, stories about Bracken's life and additional footage. The programme was transmitted on Discovery UK's History Channel on 24 January 2015 at 10pm, as part of the British History week, and coincided with the 50th anniversary of Churchill's death in 1965. References Bibliography Lysaght, Charles. Brendan Bracken. London; Allen Lane, 1979. . Andrew Boyle. "Poor, Dear Brendan: The Quest for Brendan Bracken"; Hutchinson, 1974. SBN 978-0091208608 Charles Lysaght & Trevor White. Churchill and the Irishman: The Unbelievable Life of Brendan Bracken; The Little Museum of Dublin 2016. ISBN 978-0957028630 External links History Today – Brendan Bracken mini-biography by Charles Lysaght The Churchill Centre's review of Bracken's life, 2002 The Papers of Brendan Bracken held at Churchill Archives Centre 1901 births 1958 deaths 20th-century Irish people Admiralty personnel of World War II British publishers (people) Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from esophageal cancer First Lords of the Admiralty Foreign Office personnel of World War II Former Roman Catholics Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister People educated at O'Connell School People educated at Sedbergh School People from County Tipperary Politicians from County Tipperary UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs who were granted peerages Viscounts created by George VI 20th-century British businesspeople 20th-century British politicians