24 Feb 1987
The Journey
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster
Film revealing how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats.
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Caroline Catz Self - Narrator (voice)
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