Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Blacklist Britain

Richard Bilton does the first TV interview with the bookkeeper for the organisation which ran a secret blacklist subscribed to by some of the biggest names in British business.

For years some of the biggest names in British business subscribed to a secret blacklist containing thousands of names with the power to deny work and destroy livelihoods. From the Millennium Dome to the iconic Olympic Park, some construction firms paid for information on workers they feared could delay work and cost them money. Reporter Richard Bilton does the first television interview with the bookkeeper for the organisation which ran the list. And he discovers that even though the list has now been closed down, blacklisting still appears to be alive and well in Britain.

30 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Reporter Richard Bilton
Producer Claire Burnett
Editor Tom Giles

Broadcasts

Explore the wider challenges that people with a learning disability face in society, and how this impacts on their health

Find out more with The Open University.