LEFTIES A triple bill starts at midnight on Wednesday 10 October 2007
In this three-part series, Vanessa Engle revisits the turbulent era when the extreme Left was a serious and significant political force that believed it could change the world for the better.
Weaving together interviews and archive footage, each film relives a different aspect of the Left in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s.
A LOT OF BALLS Wednesday 10 October midnight-1am The story of the News on Sunday, an attempt by a group from the far left to launch a left-wing, mass-market Sunday tabloid.
PROPERTY IS THEFT Thursday 11 October 1am-2am (Wednesday night) Fascinating story of a squatted street in the 1970s, where the residents lived by the unconformist ideals of the time.
ANGRY WIMMIN Thursday 11 October 2am-3am (Wednesday night) The rise and fall of an extreme strain of feminism, that called on women to become 'political lesbians'.
