Church leaders ask for review of Birmingham Six conviction
- Title
- Church leaders ask for review of Birmingham Six conviction
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Nov 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:03:24
- Description
- Interview with Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, Maurice Couve de Murville, about an appeal by Birmingham church leaders for Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd to reopen the case of the Birmingham Six, convicted for two pub bombings in 1975. The six men were Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph (Paddy Joe) Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William (Billy) Power, and John Walker. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Maurice Couve de Murville
- Keywords
- Legal procedure; Terrorism; Archbishops; IRA; Birmingham; Church; Catholicism; Christians; Appeals; Miscarriages of justice; Church and the world; Hugh Callaghan; Gerard Hunter; Richard McIlkenny; John Walker; Birmingham Six; Maurice Couve de Murville; Billy Power; Paddy Joe Hill
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LBC/IRN, "Church leaders ask for review of Birmingham Six conviction". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0012200350002 (Accessed 24 Apr 2025)