Northern Ireland documentary row

Title

Northern Ireland documentary row

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:43

Description

Interview with UK Home Secretary Leon Brittan about calls to ban controversial BBC documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about 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. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Leon Brittan

Keywords

Government; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Press; UK; Conservative Party; 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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