The story of a protest, told by Jancis Robinson. Fulbeck is a small picturesque village, in the heart of some of the best farming land in Britain. It has a squire, a pub, champion bell-ringers, a successful cricket team.
In February 1986 the Government proposed the World War n airfield at
Fulbeck as a possible site for a nuclear waste dump. The news came like a thunderbolt.
Over the next months the lives of the villagers were transformed.
Squire Julian Fane , former
High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, forsook his quiet life to lead the gentlemanly opposition. Vicar Hugh Middleton found himself dealing with a crisis of faith.
Show jumper Lionel Dunning blocked the roads with tractors. The Times called them 'middle-class, middle-aged hooligans from middle-England'.
But the people of Fulbeck were determined to keep the NIREX drills out of their lives - and they did.
Series editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF Producer ANNE WEBBER