A FATHER of two from Kent has launched a High Court challenge to block Government plans to provide secondary schools with Al Gore’s climate change documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

Stewart Dimmock, who lives in the Aycliffe area of Dover, is seeking a judicial review to stop the DVD being sent to every secondary school in England.

Environment secretary, David Miliband and education secretary, Alan Johnson, announced the project in February.

Produced by Al Gore, the former US vice-president, An Inconvenient Truth draws on scientific research suggesting that there is just 10 years to avert a major environmental catastrophe. The film’s PR states that global warming is not just a political issue, it is the biggest moral challenge facing civilisation.

Critics say the documentary conflicts with the obligations of local education authorities when it comes to teaching politically controversial subjects, such as climate change.

Mr Dimmock, who has a daughter at secondary school, said: "I am seeking a judicial review as I am concerned about the Government’s intention to distribute this one-sided propaganda to all 3,385 secondary schools in England.

"The film is fronted by a high profile politician, whose aims are to persuade his audience of impending catastrophic consequences, using incomplete science and imagination.

"As a parent, I feel it is my duty to my children and other young people to ask for a balanced approach to education."

Mr Dimmock is a member of The New Party, who is backing his legal challenge.

John Day, of Mallets Solicitors in London, who are preparing Mr Dimmock’s case, said the judicial review was "proceeding urgently" but was still in its early stages.