Bigotry, bombs and football - BBC programme from 2011

Bigotry, bombs and football made by the BBC in response to events in the 2010-11 football season. The programme examines the roots and extent of sectarianism surrounding Old Firm (Celtic/Rangers) matches. This is not in the tradition of investigative journalism, it is typical of the new campaigning journalism which commonly fill the slots in the schedule that used to be filled by serious investigations. It is typical of the kind of depoliticised politics that Gerry Stoker refers to when he talks about campaigners treating the public as 'a passive audience to be talked to about particular campaigns... [but] are offered little in terms of depth of analysis or understanding of the issues at stake' (Stoker, 2010, p. 57). The whole starting assumption of the programme is that sectarianism is a problem and is not being taken seriously by the football clubs, the police or the Scottish Governmen (in two parts).