When Kenneth Best was born in 1969 he was a healthy baby.
Then, at four months, he was given the three-in-one vaccine. For the vast majority of children, it's a completely safe protection; but in Kenneth's case something went catastrophically wrong.
When Kenneth's mother Margaret Best realised her son was brain-damaged, she began a 24-year struggle to find out how and why. This dramatised account re-creates her search for the truth and the equal efforts of the drug company to avoid investigation. Margaret Best herself appears between scenes and Anna Ford provides commentary.
After years of professional neglect and legal defeat, Margaret and Kenneth were finally vindicated in 1993. "I think the drug company wanted to use Kenneth's case as an example to others." says Margaret. "To say: 'Don't mess with us, because we'll step on you anyway, we're too big and you don't stand a chance.
Producer Joanne Reay
Director James Hawes