BBC in row over programme on Gibraltar IRA shooting

Title

BBC in row over programme on Gibraltar IRA shooting

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:17

Description

Gary Duffy reports from Belfast on a row over the controversial screening of a BBC documentary about the shooting of 3 suspected IRA members in Gibraltar by the SAS, broadcast at the last minute in Northern Ireland on 05/05/88, in defiance of requests by the Government. The programme contained eyewitness accounts stating the victims Danny McCann, Sean Savage and Mairead Farrell were shot while surrendering. Includes interview with Ivor Stanbrook MP; also excerpt from the programme featuring eyewitnesses Linda Bullock, Stephen Bullock, Josie Celecia.

Contributors

Ivor Stanbrook; BBC; Gary Duffy; Linda Bullock; Stephen Bullock; Josie Celecia

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; BBC; Television programmes; Special forces; Gibraltar; Television documentaries; Mairead Farrell; Sean Savage; Danny McCann; Spotlight

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