within hours ulster television (utv) announced that it would not show the film. utv said it had taken legal advice, that the film might be prejudicial to legal inquests that were still suspended into the six deaths. the company refused to comment as to whether or not its decision had been linked to sir john's criticism. the decision was attacked by the local mp for armagh, the social democratic and labour party's (sdlp) seamus mallon; and also by the production company zenith, who called it "appalling and shameful" that the people most affected by the issues in the programme would be prevented from seeing it. kosminsky said he found it hard to understand, given the amount that had already been published on the stalker case, how utv could accept legal advice that the programme could prejudice juries at inquests that might not be held for at least a year.