LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

IRA Brighton bombing - 4am news bulletin

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:38

Description

4 (am?) IRN news bulletin read by Sue Newland announcing the IRA terrorist bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party conference and on the immediate aftermath including Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher being driven away. Political editor Peter Murphy reports from the scene. Local Ian Mitchell comments.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Sue Newland

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; IRA; Conferences; Politicians; Bombs; Brighton; Grand Hotel

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