A brief history of Downing Street | Red Box

Sixty years ago the Tory prime minister was out of Downing Street. Harold Macmillan had made way for the builders to move in and stop the most famous address in politics from falling down. Matt Chorley meets academic Jack Brown to find out about the famous black door and the story behind it.

[sav]

Number 10 is mostly offices. The part where the PM lives is actually both small and plain. Palatial it is not.

[DreamAsylum]

It's funny that they say that the "residence" doesn't have enough space to govern. I mean, Hugh Grant was able to disco dance through the whole thing in Love Actually - seemed pretty roomy then. ;)

[parmindersinghsidhu]

Strange that it is one of the famous house in the world but so simple.

[ciaranconnor-xn]

How much did you pay for number 10 Cowboy's Ted feckin Cowboys!!

[Pius-XI]

It's just a terrace house up a street 😂

[AirQuotes]

I wonder how much rot there is now with bojo in residence

[rosemarierobinson]

It's now a house of shame unfortunately occupied by traitors

[TheShootist]

shouldn't Tony Robinson be presenting this?

[Roberto-okthen]

Wow this is just amazing just what i wanted to learn about are you having a laugh why would i care

[mdesahaqueali]

"Man is Most powerful homosapiens of OUR planet but no intelligence, although they almost my teacher. I am frightened FOR the darkness future of OUR planet. "
Remember FOR YOU All "I don’t never tale a lie except slip of tongues it’s may be 3 or 4 Word in a year but no significant or harmful. "

[machnefan]

Is that Rishi’s G-Wiz at 2:29 or Larry’s?

[garryferrington]

What is going on in England? When did R turn into W? I'm hearing this more and more.
I can imagine it now: "Speak the speech, I pway you, as I taught it to you, twippingwy on the tongue."