Met Police angry at portrayal in Eastenders’ rape story
- Title
- Met Police angry at portrayal in Eastenders’ rape story
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 13 Jul 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:02:44
- Description
- Superintendent Ian Blair expresses his displeasure at how the Metropolitan Police have been portrayed acting towards a victim by BBC soap Eastenders in a rape story line. He is concerned real victims will now be put off reporting rapes. Female interviewer not identified, poss. Linda Duffin?
- Contributors
- Ian Blair; Linda Duffin?
- Keywords
- Law enforcement; BBC; Metropolitan Police; Policing practice; Rape; Television serials; Sexual violence; EastEnders
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LBC/IRN, "Met Police angry at portrayal in Eastenders’ rape story". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0006400264006 (Accessed 10 May 2025)