Northern Ireland documentary ban

Title

Northern Ireland documentary ban

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Interview with unidentified male journalist about the one day strike by broadcast journalists across the UK over freedom of the press in support of BBC journalists following the banning by the BBC of controversial BBC documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union about political extremism in Northern Ireland following a call from the Government not to broadcast it. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Politics; Government; Internal politics; Strikes; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Censorship; BBC; Broadcasting; Freedom of the press; Journalists; Television documentaries; Martin McGuinness; Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union

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