Rough Justice journalists suspended

Title

Rough Justice journalists suspended

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:52

Description

Report on the case of Martin Young and Peter Hill, two journalists suspended from the BBC for their part in intimidating a witness into retracting earlier allegations of assault and robbery that she had made against Anthony Mycock. Young and Hill had been working on the documentary series, Rough Justice, and trying to secure Mycock’s release from prison. With contributions from Bill Cotton, Managing Director of the BBC, and Vincent Hanna, of the National Union of Journalists.

Contributors

Bill Cotton; Vincent Hanna

Keywords

Trade unions; NUJ; BBC; Television programmes; Journalists; Martin Young; Peter Hill; Anne Fitzpatrick; Anthony Mycock; Bill Cotton; Rough Justice (television programme)

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