LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

The Orange and The Green. Part 1

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

2 Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:24:13

Description

Part 1 of the BRMB radio special The Orange and The Green covering producer Brian King’s visit to Northern Ireland 10 years after the IRA Birmingham pub bombings and 15 years since the beginning of the current Troubles between Unionists and Nationalists, to see if anything has changed in the province. He experiences a controlled explosion. Includes news bulletin on killing of taxi driver Harry Muldoon (31/10/84); interviews with RUC Chief Superintendent Bertie McCaffrey; Father Pat Buckley; community worker Noel Murphy; Nationalist Paddy Devlin; UDA spokesman John McMichael; UDA commander Andy Tyrie. With archive eyewitness accounts of the Birmingham pub bombings. For Network series - best of programmes from independent radio.

Contributors

Brian King; BRMB Radio; Noel Murphy; John McMichael; Bertie McCaffrey; Pat Buckley; Paddy Devlin; Andy Tyrie

Keywords

Internal politics; Armed forces; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Police; UK; Violence; IRA; Homicide; Birmingham; UDA; Unionism (Irish politics); Security; Public houses; Bombs; Explosions; Belfast; Religious conflicts; RUC; UDR; Protestants; Nationalism; Catholics; Para-military activities

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