Northern Ireland documentary row

Title

Northern Ireland documentary row

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

Interview with unidentified man on the BBC bowing to political pressure (including letter from Home Secretary Leon Brittan) to ban controversial documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union about the problems of political extremism in Northern Ireland in which interviewees including Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein condoned use of violence. Male 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; Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union

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