BBC Two is to screen a three-part series to coincide with the publication of Alastair Campbell’s forthcoming book The Blair Years which is based on the diaries he kept during his years working for the Prime Minister.

The series will be a major feature in the Corporation’s coverage of Tony Blair’s Premiership.

George Entwistle, from independent producer Liberty Bell said: “Alastair Campbell was the man left in the room with the Prime Minister when everyone else had gone.

“I’m looking forward to his diaries providing a whole new dimension in understanding the politics of the last ten years.”

Executive Producer for Liberty Bell, Stuart Prebble, said: “No-one was closer to Tony Blair than Alastair Campbell, and to be able to make this series as topical current affairs is unique.”

The three one-hour programmes will be shown within days of Campbell’s book being published by Random House. The date has yet to be decided but is likely to be within months.

Alastair Campbell wrote more than two million words in a personal diary kept every day he worked for Tony Blair.

Alastair Campbell said: “The diary records what I saw, said, heard, thought, felt and did during many of the key moments of his leadership.

“It records good days and bad days; things going wrong as well as things going right.

“There will of course be a huge amount of written and broadcast analysis as the Blair Premership becomes the stuff of history.

“I am looking forward to working on a TV series that captures the essence of my diaries and the events and people who fill them.”