Accession Number

B163

Series Title

[UNKNOWN]

Programme Title

LANCASTER BOMB TRIAL

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

Presenter: Michael Buerk

Transmission Date

12/06/75

colour , sound (sep), 01 mins 17 secs

Synopsis

B163/1: BBC presenter Michael Buerk reporting to camera outside Lancaster Castle, where the trial of the defendants accused of the IRA Birmingham pub bombings took place (trial began 9 June 1975). Two Birmingham pubs were destroyed in the attacks in November 1974. Six Irish men - Hugh Callaghan, Paddy Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and John Walker - were convicted in 1975 of carrying out the attacks but in 1991, the Appeal Court quashed their convictions. Buerk reports on the day's developments in the trial. 01m17s B163/2: Seems to be tx print. BBC reporter Michael Buerk recounts witness statements from the Birmingham pub bombings trial. A witness statement from Thomas Watt is mentioned. 01m32s