Northern Ireland documentary row

Title

Northern Ireland documentary row

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:06

Description

Interview with unidentified female speaker about a controversial BBC documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union about political extremism in Northern Ireland, as seen by Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein and Unionist Gregory Campbell who both condoned the use of violence. She says it was wrong of Home Secretary Leon Brittan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to put pressure on the BBC to stop its broadcast. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Politics; Government; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; 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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