Dean Weaver

In 1997 a young man from Norfolk named Dean Weaver took part in the BBC documentary scheme "Video Nation". He was given a camcorder for a year and set about documenting the goings on of his life in the seaside town of Great Yarmouth and his attempts to find a job and reunite with his missing father.

From the programme's initial broadcast in 1993 to this date, "Dean Weaver: Moving on Up" is on record as the only ever set of Video Nation Shorts to be rejected outright for broadcast on the grounds of 'unsuitable content'.

The edited tapes were later leaked to public sources in 2001 when they were used as evidence in a court case against Dean Weaver and friend Trevor Hookey over alleged stealing of animals from local Banham Zoo.

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