LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Birmingham Six - Looking back at the case

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:08:09

Description

Report on the Birmingham Six, looking back over their case with excerpts from archive interviews with witnesses and solicitors and news reports on how they were convicted on the strength of false confessions, and the bombing that they were convicted of. Home Secretary, David Waddington on why the case was brought to appeal; supporters on their innocence; extracts from the World in Action documentary; Chris Mullin MP and Ludovic Kennedy on the criminal justice system. Report by Tim Crook; includes part of archive report (1974) by Jon Snow.

Contributors

Tim Crook; David Waddington; Jon Snow; Granada Television; Chris Mullin; Ludovic Kennedy; Hugh Callaghan

Keywords

Legal procedure; Terrorism; Police; IRA; Television programmes; Courts; Imprisonment; Conviction; Bombs; Explosions; World in Action; Criminal justice system; Appeals; Verdicts; Miscarriages of justice; Birmingham Six

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