Maggie Thatcher allowed this abusive and dangerous cult to flourish in the UK. However it was all hushed up and subject to strict secrecy.

Now the 'clam' is out of the bag (so to speak), in a ground-breaking BBC TV series called "Portillo's State Secrets" ex-Conservative MP Michael Portillo uncovers the secrecy enveloping this support, and reports what many could believe was a national scandal.

Scientology thrives in the UK today, and in London is reportedly supported by the higher echelons of certain authorities.

[www.bbc.co.uk]

You can view this for the next 30 days in the UK for free.

From overseas you need to set up a UK-based IP address, VPN connection, beforehand. You can use apps. such as Hola or ExpatShield for this.

In the UK get_iplayer will download the programme in the next 7 days.

Again from overseas you need to set up a VPN connection first.

get_iplayer will also download the programme between 7 days and 30 days using the cmd window and the command:

get_iplayer>get_iplayer --pid=b05q05v3 force

Yet again you can do this from overseas using a VPN connection.