- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Jane Rackham
About this programme
6/7. The battle to preserve the gypsy and traveller way of life, and the conflicts that ensue. Seventeen-year-old Freda has grown up alongside non-travellers, but now she is about to be married, and is keen to return to her roots. Romany elder Billy Welch remains determined to protect his people's right to hold a horse fair each year in Appleby, Cumbria, while his 17-year-old son Johnson is at York races when tension erupts between gypsies and non-travellers, ending in a bloody fight at a local nightclub. The film also visits Dale Farm, Essex, where, after 10 years of court battles, eviction approaches for 80 families.
Cast and crew
Crew
- Director
- Arron Fellows
- Director
- Jenny Popplewell
- Director
- Lucy Wallace
- Director
- Emma Young
- Executive Producer
- Mark Soldinger
- Executive Producer
- Jes Wilkins
- Producer
- Arron Fellows
- Producer
- Jenny Popplewell
- Producer
- Lucy Wallace
- Producer
- Emma Young
- Series Producer
- Laurence Turnbull
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