LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Cardinal Hume on Guildford pub bombing case

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:18

Description

Two of the country’s major church leaders have united to appeal to the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, to re-open the case of the Guildford pub bombers. Both the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, and the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Basil Hume, say the evidence against the four convicted was unsatisfactory. Cardinal Hume is urging the Home Secretary to put justice before politics. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Basil Hume

Keywords

Legal procedure; Crime; Terrorism; Archbishops; Clergy; Robert Runcie; Policing practice; Trials; Church and State; Bombs; Explosions; Verdicts; Cardinals; Miscarriages of justice; Douglas Hurd; Guildford Four

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