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. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Follow The Times on Twitter: Follow The Sunday Times on Twitter: Find best pictures and news videos from The Times on Instagram: