LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Northern Ireland documentary ban

Genre

News report

TX Date

Jul 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:46

Description

Report on a pep talk to BBC journalists following yesterday’s strike over the banning by the BBC (following political pressure) of controversial documentary Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union, about political extremism in Northern Ireland. Journalists feared for freedom and independence of the BBC.The programme which includes interviewees such as Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein condoning the use of violence is now to be shown at a later date in an edited version. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Politics; Government; Internal politics; Strikes; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Political protests; Conservative Party; Violence; Censorship; BBC; Broadcasting; Freedom of the press; Mass media; Journalists; Television documentaries; Leon Brittan; Martin McGuinness; Real Lives: The Edge Of The Union

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