Secret Society (series)
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Creator: Duncan Campbell
- Production companies: BBC Scotland
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 4/22/1987
- Release date of last episode: 5/13/1987
- Series status: Returning series
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 4
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
A politically charged mini-series researched and written by Duncan Campbell which saw dramatic Special Branch raids on BBC Scotland. An entire production office was loaded into transit vans and confiscated by the police. + One: 'The Secret Constitution' about secret Cabinet committees that amount to a secret decision making system at the highest levels of power in the United Kingdom. + Two: 'In Time of Crisis' about secret preparations for war that began in 1982 within every NATO country. This programme revealed what Britain would do. + Three: 'A Gap In Our Defences' about bungling defence manufacturers and incompetent military planners who have botched every new radar system that Britain has installed since World War II. + Four: 'We're All Data Now' about the Data Protection Act. + Five: 'Association of Chief Police Officers' and how Government policy and actions are determined in the fields of law and order. + Six: 'Communications' with particular reference to Zircon spy satellites ...
