Press solidarity over documentary ban

Title

Press solidarity over documentary ban

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Report on protests by television and radio staff following the BBC ban on controversial BBC documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about political extremism in Northern Ireland, in which interviewees including Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness condone the use of violence. Journalists see the ban as an attempt to gag the press. Speakers are LBC/IRN union spokesman Mark Easton; LBC Managing Director, Bill Coppen-Gardner; Thames Television staff spokeswoman Tina Jenkins. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Bill Coppen-Gardner; Mark Easton; Tina Jenkins

Keywords

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

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