Northern Ireland documentary row

Title

Northern Ireland documentary row

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:34

Description

Interview with Gerald Kaufman, Labour home affairs spokesman, about Home Secretary Leon Brittan’s letter to the BBC to effectively ban the controversial television documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about the problems of political extremism in Northern Ireland, as seen by Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein and Unionist Gregory Campbell, both condoning the use of violence. He also comments on the attitude of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher towards controlling the media. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Gerald Kaufman

Keywords

Politics; Government; Internal politics; Labour Party; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Conservative Party; Violence; IRA; Censorship; BBC; Broadcasting; Freedom of the press; Mass media; Television documentaries; Leon Brittan; Martin McGuinness; Gregory Campbell; Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union

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