Timeshift

Season 4, Episode 12

Episode Title: Red Robbo

Air Date: 2005-02-02

Overview:

Time Shift traces the rise and fall of British Leyland shop steward Derek Robinson. In the mid 70s, he wielded immense power over management at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham. But by the end of 1979 he had been fired, a victim of the Conservative government's bid to break union power.