To Kill the Cabinet (1986)
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.
- Released
- 1986-06-12
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 36 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Martyn Gregory
Cast
- Bill Hamilton as Self - Reporter (voice)
- George Hebblewhite as Self
- Ken Maginnis as Self - Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP
- Danny Morrison as Self - Sinn Fein
- Willian O'Dwyer as Self - Father of Ella
- Dennis Palmer as Self - Taxi Driver
- Jack Reece as Self - Det Chief Supt Jack Reece (archive footage)
- Peter Sherry as Self
- Bill Slack as Self - Former Headmaster
- Margaret Thatcher as Self (archive footage)
- Daphne Vloet as Self
- Iris Vloet as Self