To Kill the Cabinet
1986 · 36 min
Documentary
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.
Crew
- Director Martyn Gregory
Cast
- B
Bill Hamilton
Self - Reporter (voice)
- G
George Hebblewhite
Self
- K
Ken Maginnis
Self - Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP
- D
Danny Morrison
Self - Sinn Fein
- W
Willian O'Dwyer
Self - Father of Ella
- D
Dennis Palmer
Self - Taxi Driver
- J
Jack Reece
Self - Det Chief Supt Jack Reece (archive footage)
- P
Peter Sherry
Self
- B
Bill Slack
Self - Former Headmaster
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
- D
Daphne Vloet
Self
- I
Iris Vloet
Self
Crew
- Director — Martyn Gregory
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