DECISION: BRITISH COMMUNISM NO. 1: LIBERTY (TV)

Summary

Part one of this three-part documentary on the inner workings of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Part one follows the party leadership drafting a new plan, "The British Road to Socialism," calling for peaceful revolution through parliamentary democracy, election of leftist labour governments, and transformation of capitalist Britain into a socialist state -- a model of revolution rejected by party hardliners. This portion examines the open tensions within the CPGB caused by debate over the draft of the plan. Also covered: announcement of the plan; Sid French of pro-Soviet New Communist Party attacks the plan; and CPGB prepares for 1977 Party Congress. (Presented under the umbrella of "Decision." Copyright 1978.)

Details

• NETWORK: Granada (United Kingdom)
• DATE: 1978
• RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T82:0170
• GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
• SUBJECT HEADING: Communism - 1977; Communist Party - Great Britain; Granada Collection; International Collection - United Kingdom
• SERIES RUN: Granada (United Kingdom) - TV, 1978
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Mike Scott … Executive Producer
• Roger Graef … Producer, Director
• Dai Vaughan … Camera, Editor
• Charles Stewart … Camera, Photography by
• Diane Tammes … Camera, Photography by
• John Bulmer … Camera, Photography by
• Sid French