BBC documentary on the police investigation that led to the capture of Patrick Magee: the man responsible for the Brighton Bomb. On 12 October 1984, Magee made an audacious attempt to kill Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet by exploding a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference. The Prime Minister was unharmed but five people were killed in the attack and many more injured.
Cast
Bill Hamilton
Self - Reporter (voice)
George Hebblewhite
Self
Ken Maginnis
Self - Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP
Danny Morrison
Self - Sinn Fein
Willian O'Dwyer
Self - Father of Ella
Dennis Palmer
Self - Taxi Driver
Jack Reece
Self - Det Chief Supt Jack Reece (archive footage)
Peter Sherry
Self
Bill Slack
Self - Former Headmaster
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
Daphne Vloet
Self
Iris Vloet
Self
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