'Lefties - Balls of Steel'

Post by **faceless** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:05 pm

This 3 part series has just started on BBC4 and is going through all 3 episodes. It's a study of left wing politics in the 70s and looks like it could be good.

I'll post it up tomorrow if it's any cop in the end.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:03 am

i've just watched the first two, they were ok, interesting, but as you'd expect from the bbc it presents a very narrow view of what they think is 'left', and it kinda presents it like the left failed and isn't relevant today

Post by **faceless** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:09 am

yeah, that's the impression I've had too - but there has been some great footage all the same. I squatted for a while in a place like Villa Road in the late 80s (Flaxman Terrace in King's Cross) so it was interesting to see where that kind of place had developed from.

I ended up knackering my recordings all the way through so far because of setting things up, so I'm hoping this has been captured elsewhere for the archive...