Death of Ian Gow - Margaret Thatcher pays tribute
- Title
- Death of Ian Gow - Margaret Thatcher pays tribute
- Genre
- Press conference; Tribute
- TX Date
- 30 Jul 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:45
- Description
- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pays tribute to her first private secretary, Ian Gow, who was killed by a car bomb that was planted by the IRA under his car seat at his home in East Sussex (30/07/90). Thatcher discusses Gow’s career and their close friendship.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher
- Keywords
- Deaths; Politics; Motor vehicles; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Cars; IRA; Members of Parliament; Security; Cabinet ministers; Bombs; Anglo-Irish Agreement; Ian Gow; Friendship
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LBC/IRN, "Death of Ian Gow - Margaret Thatcher pays tribute". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007100400030 (Accessed 25 Mar 2026)