“Ukrainians: The People who Couldn’t Go Home”, Open Door, BBC2, shown on 10 and 23 April 1978. Made by the Young Ukrainians’ Forum – an independent group created to realize the project of a getting a documentary film shown on British TV to explain who the Ukrainians are, and how they ended up in Great Britain.
The team consisted of: Bohdan Ratycz, Mykhailo Sywanyk, Marta Jenkala (responsible for the script on Ukrainian culture), Bohdan Nahaylo (history and politics), Taras Mikulin, Volodymyr Lyczmanenko, Nadia Diuk, Roman Krawec, and others.
The film was researched, written and presented by the Young Ukrainian’s Forum with technical assistance and studio facilities provided by BBC 2 as part of its Open Door Series.
Video source: Bohdan Nahaylo archive
Archive of the OUN in UIS-London
