Thalidomide: The 50 Year Fight

Story Vault | Independant Television Production | London

The little known story of a father’s battle for justice against one of the UK’s largest corporations. In the 60s the Thalidomide scandal shocked the world and devastated families. Some victims were left to die, while others were shut away from the world.
Fifty years on from the tragedy, victims, their families and those intimately involved in the campaign talk about their ten year battle through the courts and how society has treated them through the years.