The British government almost got overthrown and nobody told you. Sleep tight.
When Harold Wilson suddenly resigned as Labour prime minister resigned in 1976, most assumed there was a scandalous explanation. Eventually, rumours began to surface that powerful sections of the Establishment. This eye-opening drama documentary can now reveal how Britain was nearly brought to the brink of a military coup.
Acting
James Bolam's Wilson: shrewd, wounded, dangerously underestimated.
Direction
Dwyer blends archive and drama like a classified dossier.
Writing
Dialogue pulled from actual MI5 and military sources.
Director
Paul Dwyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Clockwork Orange' plot was named after the Kubrick film because the military used it as code for destabilization operations. Yes, really.
This documentary was suppressed for years; BBC executives feared legal action from living conspirators. Some are still alive. Some still have titles.
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