‘Revelatory’ documentary to tell story of Theresa May’s days in Downing Street

Theresa May’s time in Downing Street will be explored in a “revelatory” new documentary five years on from her emotional resignation outside Number 10, ITV has announced.

Britain’s second female prime minister will be the subject of Theresa May: Accidental PM, a programme delving into her three years in power.

ITV promises “unique access” to Mrs May, with the documentary featuring clips of her at home with husband Philip and contributions from Amber Rudd, her home secretary, and Lord Barwell, her former adviser.

Suella Braverman, who served as a Brexit minister under Mrs May, will also appear in the programme, which is produced by The Slate Works and will air in June.

The documentary, which will include rarely seen archive footage, will track Mrs May’s rise to power in 2016, the 2017 snap election, which led to a hung Parliament, and her government’s travails in delivering Brexit.

It will also cover the Grenfell Tower fire, the Windrush scandal and her relationship with Donald Trump, the former US president, as well as her time as a backbencher since leaving office in 2019.

Earlier this month, Mrs May announced that she was standing down as the MP for Maidenhead, 27 years after first arriving at Westminster.

ITV said that the programme would also examine “her treatment by some from within her own Cabinet and many more from her own back benches”.

The divisions among the Conservative Party on how to deliver Brexit and Mrs May’s ultimate failure to get her deal through Parliament led to her resignation.

Neil Grant, the executive producer of the documentary, said: “Theresa May has never given access like this before. Full, frank and revelatory, this is a rare insight into power and politics at a time of turmoil, turbulence and betrayal.”

Mrs May released her first book, The Abuse of Power, last year, covering her time as home secretary and then prime minister, which was published to mixed reviews.