Zavvi - the home of pop culturefilmmaker hannah rothschild was granted access to all areas of mandelsons life from october 2009, shadowing the then first secretery of state and business secretary through to june 2010, following labours election failure.
interviews are snatched on train journeys or at the end of the long, exhausting days and mandelson proves to be an open, disarmingly sincere, raconteur.
its the observational scenes of him at work, though, that prove the most revealing.
extras include - tory bashing, a political masterclass and much much more.