Tim Tate

Documentary-maker, author and journalist Tim Tate tells the story of the British government’s attempts to silence whistleblower Peter Wright and hide the truth about the country’s intelligence services and political elites.

Tate says the true story is one of state-sanctioned cover-ups, government lies to parliaments and courts across the world and stories leaked with the intention to mislead and deceive. Tate uses previously unpublished court transcripts and intelligence files to uncover a world in which senior civil servants conspired to ride roughshod over the law to prevent the public hearing about Soviet infiltration of British services and a culture of law-breaking, bugging and burgling.

Tate has written for most national newspapers in a 45-year career and has made more than 80 documentaries for British and international broadcasters. His previous books include The Spy Who Was Left Out In The Cold, Hitler’s British Traitors and Hitler’s Forgotten Children.

This event is part of a series on public scandals and campaigns against injustice.