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Northern Ireland documentary row

Title
Northern Ireland documentary row
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
Jul 1985
Year of production
1985
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Duration
00:03:08
Description
Report on attempts to ban a BBC documentary entitled Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union about the problems of political extremism in Northern Ireland, as seen through the eyes of local political leaders, Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein and Unionist Gregory Campbell, who both condoned the use of violence. Speakers are head of BBC Documentary Features Will Wyatt and Lord Fitt (Gerry Fitt).
Contributors
Gerry Fitt; Will Wyatt
Keywords
Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Press; UK; Violence; IRA; Censorship; BBC; Broadcasting; Freedom of the press; Sinn Fein; Television documentaries; Martin McGuinness; Gregory Campbell; Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union

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