The Red Under the Bed

In February 2017, activist-turned-actor Ricky Tomlinson claimed that this documentary was part of a British Government conspiracy in 1973 to jail a group of striking workers for offences linked to the 1972 builders' strike in Shrewsbury. He stated: "They made a film which went out on television the night the jury were out considering the verdict... and it was so anti-trade union that two of the jury changed their mind and brought a majority verdict in of 10-2 guilty. We found out this week that the film was designed, written, made and paid for by the security services. Woodrow Wyatt was a member of the security services and, unbelievably, so was Richard Whiteley who hosted the show. Richard Whiteley from Countdown (1982) was a member of the intelligence services."