Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher

2024

1h 16m

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A look at the Brighton bombing of 1984, featuring new testimony from many of those affected and a revealing interview with the man who planted the bomb, Patrick Magee.

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Patrick Magee

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Jo Berry

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Danny Morrison

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John Gummer

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Edward Berry

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