• 16 Apr 2020

Back in 2001, the United Kingdom was besieged by a crisis which rocked the country, as government went into crisis mode to try and contain an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease. In the end, millions of healthy livestock were needlessly "slaughtered on suspicion" at the orders of DEFR and the government of Tony Blair. This investigative documentary reveals a shocking saga of government ineptness and corruption, as the upheaval proceeded to decimate thousands of independent British farmers - while leaving economic and social devastation in its wake, hitting rural regions like Cumbria and Devon. Decades later, those scares still remain on the nation. 

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