The Trick
Conspiracy thriller based on the events of the 'Climategate' scandal in 2009. A university professor and his team find that their work has been hacked by climate change deniers.
Conspiracy thriller based on the events of the 'Climategate' scandal in 2009. Professor Phil Jones and his team of climatologists at the University of East Anglia find that their work has been hacked by climate change deniers and turned into the first big fake-news story. The deniers and corporations with vested interests skillfully create the image of climate change as a conspiracy being perpetrated by academic scientists.
Although an inquiry concludes that there was no case for Jones and his team to answer, it has taken a decade for the public perception of the veracity of climate change to recover.
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Data they can trust
Duration: 01:33
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What happens, Phil, for our children and their children?
Duration: 02:11
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Phil Jones | Jason Watkins |
Ruth Jones | Victoria Hamilton |
Sam Bowen | George MacKay |
Barrymore Bowen | Sam Cox |
Neil Wallis | Jerome Flynn |
Trevor Davies | Aneirin Hughes |
Edward Acton | Adrian Edmondson |
Stella Acton | Pooky Quesnel |
Writer | Owen Sheers |
Director | Pip Broughton |
Producer | Adrian Bate |
Executive Producer | Owen Sheers |
Executive Producer | Ben Irving |
Production Company | Vox Pictures |
Broadcast
- Mon 18 Oct 2021 20:30
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