LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Birmingham Six appeal

Genre

News report; Interview; Music

TX Date

28 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:08:00

Description

Tim Crook reports on the background and Court of Appeal case of the Birmingham Six: Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph (Paddy Joe) Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William (Billy) Power, John Walker, convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings (21/11/74). Includes House of Commons speech by Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd; excerpt from protest song; interviews with relatives of victims and convicted men including Patsy Power, sister of William; excerpt from World in Action television programme- interview with policeman, Tom Clarke; David Baldock on forensic evidence; Professor Brian Caddy; Chris Mullin MP, who has written a book on the case; Cardinal Tomas O Fiaich.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; Tim Crook; Patsy Power; Tom Clarke; David Baldock; Brian Caddy; Tomas O Fiaich; Chris Mullin

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Police; IRA; Birmingham; Policing practice; Legal decisions; Torture; Appeals; Miscarriages of justice; Forensics; Hugh Callaghan; Gerard Hunter; Richard McIlkenny; John Walker; Birmingham Six; Courts of Appeal; Protest songs; Billy Power; Paddy Joe Hill

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