Northern Ireland documentary row

Title

Northern Ireland documentary row

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:24

Description

Report on protests by television workers following the ban by the BBC of controversial television documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about political extremism in Northern Ireland, in which interviewees including Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein condone the use of violence. Journalists see the ban as an attempt to censor the press after pressure from Home Secretary Leon Brittan. With comment from TV-am union spokesman Steve Cowen. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Steve Cowen

Keywords

Politics; Government; Internal politics; Strikes; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Political protests; Conservative Party; Violence; Censorship; BBC; Broadcasting; Freedom of the press; Mass media; Journalists; Television documentaries; Leon Brittan; Martin McGuinness; Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union

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