A series of five programmes. Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby
3: Secure in the Knowledge ...Can we trust the government to decide what we should be allowed to know?
To many it is absurd to talk of any serious threat to free speech in Britain. Real Lives, Zircon, My
Country Right or Wrong and Spycatcher have one thing in common; they were all eventually published or broadcast. But in many
Western democracies there is a positive right of access to all but the most sensitive of official information. Why is Britain so different?
Sir Frank Cooper , former
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, Andrew Neil , editor of the Sunday
Times and Des Wilson of the Freedom of Information Campaign discuss with Jonathan Dimbleby the proper role of the media in a democracy.
Designer JAN spoczYNSKi Film director JAMES BURGE Director ROB HOPKIN
Series producer SAM ORGAN Editors
ANNE LAPPING, RITCHIE COGAN