ONE Life
Documentary in which actor Ricky Tomlinson sets out to get justice for himself and others who were imprisoned in 1973 for being part of a national building strike.
Documentary in which actor Ricky Tomlinson sets out to get justice for himself and others who were imprisoned in 1973 for their part in the first national building strike.
For 25 years, actor Ricky Tomlinson has been a fixture in British living rooms. But before he was a household name, Ricky was a building site worker and in 1973 he was sent to prison for two years for his part in the first national building strike. Ricky has always maintained that he is innocent of all charges and that the trial was politically motivated. The 'real conspiracy', he says, was on the part of the Conservative government of the day, who were determined to make an example of the striking builders to stamp out the practice of flying picketing. Ricky still describes himself as a 'former political prisoner' and is determined to get justice for himself and the other men who were convicted with him.
ONE life follows Ricky as he revisits some of the people and places connected to the 1972 building strike. Recently released court documents allow Ricky to re-examine the case in detail for the first time and government papers from the day, which have only just been made public, reveal the depth of political interest in what was supposedly a straightforward criminal case. But will Ricky be able to find the new evidence he needs to challenge his conviction and uncover the 'real conspiracy'?
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