The Shifton Scandal

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In 1982 Shifton, a town 20 miles north east of Birmingham, was demolished to make way for London's third airport. David Lander examines the part played in the scandal by Mickey Ozada's Jolly Good Fun Holiday Company and looks at the fate of the Women's Anti-Airport Protest Camp. Studio production by Stephen Fry, Jack Klaff and Andrew Sachs. With: Brenda Bleythn Moray Watson Tony Robinson Jan Ravens Dramatic reconstruction by: Mark Arden Stephen Frost Felicity Montagu Phil Nice Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet. Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer. Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984.