Northern Ireland documentary strike

Title

Northern Ireland documentary strike

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:39

Description

Report on a protest by the television and radio press following the decision not to broadcast controversial BBC documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union about political extremism in Northern Ireland after the Government said it gave publicity to terrorism. Speakers are LBC union spokesman Mark Easton; LBC/IRN Managing Director, Bill Coppen-Gardner. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Bill Coppen-Gardner; Mark Easton

Keywords

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

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