Secret Society
TV ShowTitle | Secret Society |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Apr 22, 1987 |
Release date of last episode | May 13, 1987 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Duncan Campbell |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | BBC Scotland |
Series status | Returning series |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 4 |
Run time | 30 min. |
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 ...