Release Date

22 Feb, 2006

Runtime

00:59: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

News on Sunday was a left-wing tabloid that launched to great fanfare in 1987 and went bankrupt just eight weeks later. It was one of the boldest business ventures ever attempted by the far left and it was a disaster. A group who met through a tiny left-wing faction called Big Flame were convinced it was possible to market a left-wing mass-circulation newspaper. They were led by ex-Ford worker Alan Hayling (now head of BBC Documentaries) under the editorial leadership of John Pilger, who walked out before the paper had even launched.

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Actors

Alan Hayling

John Pilger

Keith Sutton

Joe Farrag

John Bohanna

Mike Power

Polly Patullo

Kolton Lee

Chris Horrie

Eugenie Verney

Christine Jackson

Val McDermid

Brian Whitaker

John Hegarty

Jane Shepherd

Barbara Altounyan

John Hoyland

Martin Huckerby

Gerry Taylor

William Flatau

Karen Needham

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