The H-Block fuse

Title

The H-Block fuse

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Speech

TX Date

24 Nov 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:28:58

Description

The H-Block Fuse. Soundtrack of Granada Television, World in Action programme broadcast on 24 November 1980, about the fifth week of the H-Block hunger strike at the Maze Prison. Includes interviews with hunger striker, Raymond McCartney and Northern Ireland Minister, Michael Alison; speech by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.

Contributors

Raymond McCartney; Michael Alison; Simon Berthon; Granada Television; Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

Keywords

Strikes; Northern Ireland; Prisons; Terrorists; IRA; Raymond McCartney; Maze Prison; Prisoners; Television documentaries

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