To Kill the Cabinet
BBC documentary on the police investigation that led to the capture of Patrick Magee: the man responsible for the Brighton Bomb. On 12 October 1984, Magee made an audacious attempt to kill Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet by exploding a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference. The Prime Minister was unharmed but five people were killed in the attack and many more injured.
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Cast
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Bill Hamilton
Self - Reporter (voice)
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George Hebblewhite
Self
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Ken Maginnis
Self - Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP
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Danny Morrison
Self - Sinn Fein
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Willian O'Dwyer
Self - Father of Ella
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Dennis Palmer
Self - Taxi Driver
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Jack Reece
Self - Det Chief Supt Jack Reece (archive footage)
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Peter Sherry
Self
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Bill Slack
Self - Former Headmaster
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
