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==Media== {{Main|McLibel (film)}} A feature-length documentary film, ''[[McLibel (film)|McLibel]]'', was made about the case by [[Franny Armstrong]] and [[Ken Loach]] in 1997. An extended version was produced in 2005, with estimated viewing audience of 25 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spannerfilms.net/?lid=1451|title=29 Million Viewers for Banned McLibel Doc|access-date=17 January 2009|date=4 August 2004|publisher=[[Spanner Films]]}}</ref> The documentary features courtroom reconstructions of the trial. It also features interviews with [[Eric Schlosser]] (author of the 2001 book ''[[Fast Food Nation]]''), [[Morgan Spurlock]] (writer/director of the 2004 film ''[[Super Size Me]]''), [[Keir Starmer]] (who provided free legal support to the McLibel defendants for many years) and [[Howard Lyman]] who appeared on [[Howard Lyman#The Oprah Winfrey Show appearance|''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' about Mad Cow disease]]. In April 2022 the case was the subject for a programme in the BBC Radio 4 series ''[[The Reunion (radio series)|The Reunion]]''.<ref name=bbcr4-reuniona>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00168fp | title=The Reunion β the McLibel Trial |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |work=The Reunion |access-date=18 April 2023 |time=30m20s |quote=My former partner at the time I got the writ was an undercover policemen, obviously I did not know that until many years later, He was infiltrating London Greenpeace, he became the treasurer of London Greenpeace, he was actively involved in the McLibel support campaign}}</ref>
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