Lefties: A Lot Of Balls

Release Date: 2006-02-22

Overview: 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.

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

Alan Hayling

as Self

John Pilger

as Self

Keith Sutton

as Self

Joe Farrag

as Self

John Bohanna

as Self