Synopsis:
For 10 years, 400 or so travellers on Dale Farm in Essex fought to stay
on land they own. In October 2011, with all legal options exhausted,
time finally ran out for them. As riot police and bailiffs moved onto
the site, Panorama received exclusive access to the travellers'
families, their neighbours and the authorities - to film on both sides
of the barricades during the months that led up to Britain's biggest
ever traveller eviction. It also follows those evicted as they set off
to an uncertain future.
Described as the largest illegal
traveller site in Europe, Dale Farm in Basildon is on designated
Greenbelt land, and the local council said the travellers had broken the
law by building on it. As the legal battle raged through the High Court
and beyond, activists from across Britain converged on the site ready
to defend the travellers' right to remain. For the council, this was the
culmination of a legal fight which has cost them millions. For the
travellers, it was the last stand to keep their homes.
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