Open Space
Where the public sets the agenda.
'It seems to me that rights are rather like public footpaths -if you don't use them, you wake up one morning and they're not there.' (PATRICIA STUBBS ,
Sheffield Policewatch)
The miners' strike has been one of the most bitter and controversial strikes this century. Sheffield
Policewatch, an independent monitoring group, together with Open Space, takes an in-depth look at the tactics employed by the police and the courts during the dispute.
Director STEVE CONNELLY Producer YVETTE VANSON
Made by Sheffield Policewatch with the Community Programme Unit and at 7.35
Out of Court
In the studio of BBCtv's law and order programme, David Jessel chairs a discussion on some of the issues raised by Taking Liberties?
Is the machinery of the law proving inadequate? Has the pressure of events dictated a form of para-military policing? At times of large-scale unrest, is it possible to reconcile civil liberty with keeping the peace?
Producer HUGH PURCELL