简要：As the first-ever televised debate among political leaders in the UK approaches, award-winning journalist Michael Cockerell reveals the feeling of participating in these competitions and how leaders are trying to win them. He told the inside story of why such debates took so long to reach the UK. The program conducted candid interviews with the US President and his advisors on the techniques of debating trade. This movie combines new films and behind the scenes footage, some of which have never been seen before. It is a tragicomedy story about high politics and low cunning. From John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, candidates are preparing for debates and seeing sometimes interesting and sometimes catastrophic results on live television broadcasts. Cockrell demonstrates why the three stages of debate in the UK for our next Prime Minister - Gordon Brown, David Cameron, and Nick Clegg - will be what a former US President called a 'city of tension'.
As the first-ever televised debate among political leaders in the UK approaches, award-winning journalist Michael Cockerell reveals the feeling of participating in these competitions and how leaders are trying to win them. He told the inside story of why such debates took so long to reach the UK. The program conducted candid interviews with the US President and his advisors on the techniques of debating trade. This movie combines new films and behind the scenes footage, some of which have never been seen before. It is a tragicomedy story about high politics and low cunning. From John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, candidates are preparing for debates and seeing sometimes interesting and sometimes catastrophic results on live television broadcasts. Cockrell demonstrates why the three stages of debate in the UK for our next Prime Minister - Gordon Brown, David Cameron, and Nick Clegg - will be what a former US President called a 'city of tension'.展开
