Second in a special three-part Timewatch documentary on the "red scare" in America. No Place to Hide. Mention McCarthyism and most people think of the Hollywood blacklist. In contrast tonight's film bears witness to the real victims of the anti-communist witch-hunt: the tens of thousands of ordinary people whose lives were destroyed by what amounted to an American
Inquisition. There's Paul, an electrician who couldn't work for 20 years because of one joke. And Frank who was followed for 38 years by up to eight FBI agents a day - even though they admitted themselves that he was not a security risk.
Now that the Cold War is over, they are among those who dare to tell their full stories for the first time.
Producer Archie Baron
Series editor Roy Davies
(Concluding part: next Wednesday)