PETER HITCHENS: BBC twists our history to smear decent people as stupid fascist dupes in new Sunday night drama Ridley Road

This is Peter Hitchens��� Mail on Sunday column

The distortion of the past is getting out of control. The truth is available to only a privileged few with good memories or access to crumbling, forgotten archives. So you can say what you like.

The BBC���s new Sunday evening drama Ridley Road is a perfect example of this. At first sight it looks like a harmless paddle in the past, into the lost world of suspender belts and British- made cars. 

But it is carefully designed to give viewers the i...