How to Win the TV Debate (2010) featured a cast of 50 tracked actors. Of these, 18 (46%) are still alive today and 21 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Pat Buchanan, age 87. This film starred Michael Cockerell and Neil Kinnock.
46% still with us· verified cast36% of full cast · incl. 11 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 46% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 82.4 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast50 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Cockerell Self - Presenter | Self - Presenter | Living | 26/08/1940 | 86 | — | 70 |
 Neil Kinnock Self | Self | Living | 28/03/1942 | 84 | — | 68 |
 Charles Kennedy Self | Self | Deceased | 25/11/1959 | 55 | 01/06/2015 | 51 |
 Michael Dobbs Self | Self | Living | 14/11/1948 | 77 | — | 62 |
 Don Hewitt Self | Self | Deceased | 14/12/1922 | 86 | 19/08/2009 | 88 |
 Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/01/1913 | 81 | 22/04/1994 | 97 |
 John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/05/1917 | 46 | 22/11/1963 | 93 |
 Robin Day Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 24/10/1923 | 76 | 06/08/2000 | 87 |
 Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 15/04/1894 | 77 | 11/09/1971 | 116 |
Ted Sorensen Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ted Rogers Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Bill Wilson Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Pat Buchanan Self | Self | Living | 02/11/1938 | 87 | — | 72 |
 Pierre Salinger Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 14/06/1925 | 79 | 16/10/2004 | 85 |
 Harold Wilson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 11/03/1916 | 79 | 24/05/1995 | 94 |
Alec Douglas-Home Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Edward Heath Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/07/1916 | 89 | 17/07/2005 | 94 |
Lady Falkender Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Jimmy Carter Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 01/10/1924 | 100 | 29/12/2024 | 86 |
 David Gergen Self | Self | Deceased | 09/05/1942 | 83 | 10/07/2025 | 68 |
 Gerald Ford Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 14/07/1913 | 93 | 26/12/2006 | 97 |
 Harry Reasoner Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 17/04/1923 | 68 | 06/08/1991 | 87 |
 James Callaghan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/03/1912 | 92 | 26/03/2005 | 98 |
 Margaret Thatcher Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 13/10/1925 | 87 | 08/04/2013 | 85 |
 Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/02/1911 | 93 | 05/06/2004 | 99 |
 Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/07/1921 | 94 | 06/03/2016 | 89 |
 Walter Mondale Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 05/01/1928 | 93 | 19/04/2021 | 82 |
Mike Pengra Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Mark Goode Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Harry Trewitt Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 John Major Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 29/03/1943 | 83 | — | 67 |
 Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 19/08/1946 | 80 | — | 64 |
 George H. W. Bush Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 12/06/1924 | 94 | 30/11/2018 | 86 |
 Frank Luntz Self | Self | Living | 23/02/1962 | 64 | — | 48 |
Alan Schroeder Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Tony Blair Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 06/05/1953 | 73 | — | 57 |
 Peter Mandelson Self | Self | Living | 21/10/1953 | 72 | — | 57 |
 Lance Price Self | Self | Living | 03/09/1958 | 68 | — | 52 |
 William Hague Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 26/03/1961 | 65 | — | 49 |
 George W. Bush Self | Self | Living | 06/07/1946 | 80 | — | 64 |
 Al Gore Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 31/03/1948 | 78 | — | 62 |
 Jim Lehrer Self | Self | Deceased | 19/05/1934 | 85 | 23/01/2020 | 76 |
 Barack Obama Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 04/08/1961 | 65 | — | 49 |
 John McCain Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/08/1936 | 81 | 25/08/2018 | 74 |
 David Cameron Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 09/10/1966 | 59 | — | 44 |
 Gordon Brown Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 20/02/1951 | 75 | — | 59 |
 Nick Clegg Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 07/01/1967 | 59 | — | 43 |
Sue Inglish Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Andy Coulson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 David Davis Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 23/12/1948 | 77 | — | 62 |