Environmental direct action in the United Kingdom After the eviction of Claremont road in 1994 protesters from the Flowerpot and Dongas tribes joined the protest at Stanworth valley to build an "Ewok village" of the tree houses. There were many subsequent road protests including Newbury bypass, the A30, Swampy became well known during the eviction at the A30 camp, although there were many other smaller road protest camps. Some camps did actually result in roads being cancelled, the first such cancellation occurring in London. The government slashed the roads programme 3 times, each by a third, in response to direct action techniques and associated public opinion. The
Tom Hooper Tom Hooper Thomas George Hooper (born 5 October 1972) is an English film and television director of English and Australian background. Hooper began making short films as a teenager, and had his first professional short, "Painted Faces", broadcast on Channel 4 in 1992. At Oxford University Hooper directed plays and television commercials. After graduating, he directed episodes of "Quayside", "Byker Grove", "EastEnders" and "Cold Feet" on British television. In the 2000s, Hooper directed the major BBC costume dramas "Love in a Cold Climate" (2001) and "Daniel Deronda" (2002), and was selected to helm the 2003 revival of ITV's "Prime Suspect"