was followed by the 2011 series The Secret World of Whitehall. He also made the four-part series Inside the Commons for the BBC, broadcast in 2015, for which had sought permission for six years. In the run-up to the May 2010 election, Cockerell was responsible for a documentary entitled How to Win the TV Debate, in which he discussed the importance of Britain's first television debates in the outcome of the general election. The programme featured candid interviews with US presidents and their advisers on debate strategy. Cockerell has interviewed eight Prime Ministers – more than any other reporter in British political broadcasting. Prior to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he interviewed Tony Blair for a documentary on Britain's relationship with the United States, Hotline to the President. That interview was widely reported on the front pages of British newspapers when Blair accepted that the need to sustain the transatlantic 'special relationship' meant a willingness to 'pay the blood price'. More recently, Cockerell has contributed shorter profiles to Newsnight, such as Who is Ed Miliband? and Theresa May's legacy. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of East Anglia in 2007. Family Cockerell has been married three times and has seven children. He first married Anne Christine Adriane Faber (1944–28 November 2002) in 1970, and divorced 1981. Faber was the eldest child and only daughter of Julian Faber and his wife Lady Caroline Faber (née Macmillan), a daughter of Harold Macmillan. They had one son and one daughter. His second marriage, in 1984, was to Bridget Alexandra Heathcoat-Amory (born 21 May 1952), daughter of Brigadier Roderick Heathcoat-Amory and his wife Sonia Myrtle Heathcoat-Amory (née Denison). By 1991, they had divorced. In 2011, he married BBC producer Anna Lloyd, with whom he has three daughters;, the couple live in Notting Hill. Notes External links Journalisted – Articles by Michael Cockerell British male journalists Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1940 births Living people People educated at Kilburn Grammar School