Learning on ScreenMr Benn’s Secret Service
- Synopsis
- Examines the power of Whitehall civil servants through an interview with the former Secretary of State for Energy, Anthony Wedgwood Benn. Examines the allegation that British civil servants have deliberately withheld information from ministers and, in doing so, are moving beyond democratic control. Mr Benn names specific examples.
- Series
- World in Action, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1980
- Availability
- Hire
Sale - Uses
- First-year constitutional law.*
- Subjects
- Law; Politics & government
- Keywords
- Benn, Tony; Civil Service
Credits
- Director
- David Mills
- Contributor
- Eddit Mansell; George Truner; Jack Dardis; John Davey
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Granada Television
- Web
- http://www.granadamedia.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7734 8080
- Fax
- 020 7494 6280
- Address
- Non-Theatric Sales
36 Golden Square
London
W1R 4AH
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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