THE organiser of a military show has vowed to take action to keep people with extreme views out of the annual event.

Rex Cadman, who organises the KM War and Peace Show at Beltring, near Paddock Wood, told the BBC that he would be working with military re-enactment groups to ensure extremists could not infiltrate the show.

The news comes after a controversial BBC documentary called Weekend Nazis, which was broadcast on Monday night, focused on the Second Battle Group, a re-enactment society, which took part in this year's 25th anniversary show in July.

Reporter John Sweeney toured the event and discovered David Irving, jailed for denying the holocaust, signing books, a trader selling a relics from Belsen, and some Nazi enthusiasts expressing extreme racist views.

Mr Cadman said later that he was going to work with Second Battle Group and other re-enactment enthusiasts to keep out people with extreme views.

He added: "The majority of the groups are there because they want to do re-enactament and they don't want people there who are going to show it in a poor light."

The show, which is supported by the Kent Messenger Group, features military enthusiasts, re-enactments and memorabilia.

Kent Messenger Group managing editor Ron Green said: "We have been a sponsor of this extraordinary event for many years through our links with the Hop Farm and in that time it has provided excitement and entertainment in an important historical context for hundreds of thousands of people.

"However, the event has always had its critics and the BBC allegations will undoubtedly fuel concerns. We have a media agreement with the Hop Farm which involves six events, including War and Peace, and we will be discussing the allegations made in the programme with the organisers to obtain their assessment of the situation and what action they propose to take."

During the documentary, a military enthusiast who married his sweetheart in a 1940s-style German wedding at the event, denied they are neo-Nazis.

Nick Beardshaw, 38, and his German-born bride, Michaela Sett, also 38, tied the knot during the KM War and Peace Show with 60 guests, many dressed as German soldiers.

But Mr Beardshaw, who wore a German Army doctor's uniform, said: "Some of the media there said we are neo-Nazis, but we are non-political.

"We are professional, historical re-enactors. We do everything authentically, but no one wore swastika armbands or carried swastika flags."

The Second Battle Group, which was extablished in 1978, describes itself as a World War II Living History and Historical Society.

On its website it says: "The SBG is acutely aware of its controversial portrayal in this hobby and is a totally non-political organisation.

"People with para-military, ideological or extreme views will not be accepted as members."