Five men, six days: Pentonville voices
Inside
The prison experiences of two of the Five.
Tony Merrick: 鈥渢hey was treating us as if we were . . . something from space鈥� (2:35)
The reaction to the Five of the other prisoners and the warders; their indefinite sentence and their so-called 鈥淰IP treatment鈥�.
Derek Watkins: 鈥渢o me it was degrading in prison鈥� (2:53)
Toilet indignities; 鈥渟nide remarks鈥� from warders; disabled prisoners; the 24-hour sound of supporters outside; the Five鈥檚 refusal to purge their contempt of court.
Communication
The dockers used print and radio (but apparently not television) to get their message across.
Micky Fenn (swearing): 鈥渢hey鈥檙e inside, why ain鈥檛 you out?鈥� (3:14)
A poster designed on the back of a cigarette packet and stuck up far and wide.
Colin Ross: 鈥渢hey鈥檝e had to borrow the Blue Peter studio鈥� (2:37)
Ross conducts abortive telephone negotiations from the Palace of Westminster with journalist Alan Watkins about a television appearance by the dockers鈥� committee (all 32 of them).
Colin Ross: 鈥渨e made a call for a general strike on BBC live . . . compared the Prime Minister with Adolph Hitler鈥� (0:55)
Ross and colleague Jim Carpenter get an unsympathetic response on a radio phone-in.