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The McKinnon Extradition1x45'
Kris Marshall stars in this play based on the real events surrounding British computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s fight against extradition to the United States. He has now lost his appeal in the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights. The American prosecutor has said he wants to see McKinnon “fry” and even if they can’t execute him, they are pressing for 60 years in jail. Gary McKinnon is charged with hacking into the Pentagon’s computer, where he had access to state secrets and where they allege he did thousands of dollars of damage. His extraordinary story is to be dramatised by Above The Title. He claims he was only hacking into the computers to find evidence of UFO technology hidden by the US authorities. Over several years, working alone in a bedroom in north London, he took control of Computers in Virginia with widely available software.
Cast: Gary McKinnon................Stephen Mangan Karen.............................Felicity Montagu Gary’s Mother/ Baroness Scotland...........Olivia Colman Natalie...........................Stanley Baxter Sergeant Brent Pack....... Rupert Degas McNulty..........................Amy Shindler John Reid.......................Emma Paterson Geoff Donson/ Opposition Lord...............Simon Greenall Opposition Mp/ Barrister...Gwyneth Powell
Director: Pete Atkin Producer: David Morley
Broadcast: 12 October 2007 — 14.15 Repeated 2 September 2008 — 1415 Broadcaster: |
