TV Eye - The Atlanta killings

Title
TV Eye - The Atlanta killings
Genre
News report; Interview; Documentary; Vox pop
TX Date
19 Mar 1981
Year of production
1981
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Duration
00:25:58
Description
Recording of ITV (Thames Television) TV Eye current affairs programme broadcast on 19/03/81. Entitled, The Atlanta Killings, and presented by Denis Tuohy, the programme examines the search for bodies in Atlanta, Georgia, following the killing of twenty black children. Includes discussion on race relations within the city and and the local reaction to the crimes. Speakers include: Camille Bell, Committee to Stop Children’s Murders; Don Laken, police tracker; Mayor Maynard Jackson; Tom Hamall, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; Dan Sweat, Central Atlanta Progress for Black Leadership. Includes excerpts from memorial services, speeches and local opinion. Programme producer: Anne Tyerman; editor: Mike Townson.
Contributors
Thames Television; ITV; Maynard Jackson; Denis Tuohy; Camille Bell; Don Laken; Tom Hamall; Dan Sweat; WLTA Atlanta; Anne Tyerman; Mike Townson
Keywords
USA; Deaths; Crime; Law; Interethnic relations; Police; Homicide; Children (age group); Policing practice; Missing persons; African-American peoples; Black peoples; Family; Parents; Racially motivated crime; Georgia; Pressure groups; Atlanta; STOP

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LBC/IRN, "TV Eye - The Atlanta killings". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009600496001 (Accessed 09 Nov 2025)