Newsnight (1980)★ 6.0/10
- Journalism
Directed by: John Wilkinson, James Waddell, Jenny Clayton, Gerry O'Sullivan, Julia Leonard
Written by: Antony Jay, John Sweeney, Richard Watson
Serious news reports, analysis and no-holds-barred interviews with leading politicians and public figures.
- Original title
- Newsnight
- Storyline
- Newsnight, aired 20th July 2017 on BBC2 featuring a special report by Richard Watson on new "face recognition" surveillance technology, aimed at recognizing and picking out potential high risk terror suspects from a crowd. Whilst the technology is ready for implementation, political approval is called for, keeping in mind public safety, currently at 'critical' verses civil liberties.
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 246
- Companies
- BBC News, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Release dates
- GB January 30, 1980