Government loses Spycatcher appeal

Title

Government loses Spycatcher appeal

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Feb 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:56

Description

Report by Linda Duffin on the government losing its appeal for a permanent ban on press reports of material from the book, Spycatcher, by former MI5 officer Peter Wright. Includes interviews reacting to the verdict with Sunday Times editor, Andrew Neil; Guardian editor, Peter Preston; Observer editor, Donald Trelford.

Contributors

Peter Preston; Andrew Neil; Donald Trelford; Linda Duffin

Keywords

Books; Government; Newspapers; Margaret Thatcher; Press; Freedom of the press; The Sunday Times; Mass media; Espionage; Trials; Intelligence service; The Guardian; Peter Wright; Spycatcher; The Observer; The Official Secrets Act

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