Thalidomide - The Fifty Year Fight
Documentary telling the story of a father's battle for justice against one of the UK's largest corporations, and how a fight for compensation saw an attempt to silence the press.
Documentary telling the little known story of a father's battle for justice against one of the UK's largest corporations.
In the 1960s, the Thalidomide scandal shocked the world and devastated families. Some victims were left to die, while others were shut away from the world. The fight for compensation saw the government and drug-company silence the press, forcing campaigners to use covert and sometimes illegal ways of keeping their battle in the public eye.
Fifty years on from the tragedy, victims, their families and those intimately involved in the campaign, talk about their ten year battle through the courts and how society has treated them through the years.
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Clips
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The first moments of life
Duration: 02:33
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A parent seeks a settlement
Duration: 02:58
Music Played
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UNKLE
Clouds
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Nicola Benedetti
Spiefel Im Spiegel
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Christoph von DohnΓ΅nyi
Concerto for Orchestra
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Ludovico Einaudi
Time Lapse
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Paul Corley
Narrow
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Roxy Music
Love is the Drug
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Wooden Ships
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Ludovico Einaudi
Indaco
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Air
Alone in Kyoto
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Evelyn Glennie
Fingertips
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Ludovico
Nightbook
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Producer | Stuart Strickson |
Director | Stuart Strickson |
Executive Producer | Stuart Prebble |
Broadcasts
- Thu 15 May 2014 21:00
- Tue 20 May 2014 23:20
- Fri 30 May 2014 00:20