Secret Society seizure

Title

Secret Society seizure

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

1 Feb 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:35

Description

Report on the Special Branch’s removal of the BBC’s Secret Society television series from the corporation’s Glasgow offices following controversy over one of the programmes - on the Zircon spy satellite, researched by Duncan Campbell. Interview with Alan Protheroe, BBC; Tam Dalyell MP; Duncan Campbell, journalist. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Duncan Campbell; Tam Dalyell; Alan Protheroe

Keywords

Data protection; Police; BBC; Espionage; State security; Satellites; Duncan Campbell; Zircon; Secret Society (television series)

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