Thailand's Red Fever

Channel 4, Unreported World, Matt Haan, Aidan Hartley (reporter)

Title: Thailand's Red Fever
Producer: Channel 4, Unreported World, Matt Haan, Aidan Hartley (reporter)
Category: Politics
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Added: Jan 4th 2011
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Unreported World investigates Thailand's political future.

Reporter Aidan Hartley and director Matt Haan travel to Thailand to find that, while the world's news crews have moved on, millions of ordinary people are still locked in a political battle for the future of their country.

With bomb attacks still happening in Bangkok, the country teeters on the brink of chaos.

The team's journey begins on a train in Bangkok alongside hundreds of Red Shirts - supporters in a mass political movement opposed to the government. They're heading to a demonstration in the historic city of Ayutthaya, where, despite a heavy police presence, speakers demand democracy. If they don't get that, they fear there will be a revolution.

After a year of violence, attempts by the authorities to suppress the Red Shirts appear to have failed. With elections due in the next year, the King's authority fading and two factions fighting for the future of the country, it seems unlikely that Thailand's people will escape more bloodshed.

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