Northern Ireland documentary row

Title

Northern Ireland documentary row

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:37

Description

Interview with unidentified Labour Party member (poss. Roy Mason) about controversial the BBC documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about political extremism in Northern Ireland, and its ban by the BBC following political pressure to not to broadcast it. In the programme interviewees including Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein condone the use of violence. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Roy Mason?

Keywords

Politics; Government; Internal politics; Labour Party; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Conservative Party; 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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