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.
- Date of release
- 1986-06-12
- Runtime
- 36m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Martyn Gregory
Casting
- Bill Hamilton — Self - Reporter (voice)
- George Hebblewhite — Self
- Ken Maginnis — Self - Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP
- Danny Morrison — Self - Sinn Fein
- Willian O'Dwyer — Self - Father of Ella
- Dennis Palmer — Self - Taxi Driver
- Jack Reece — Self - Det Chief Supt Jack Reece (archive footage)
- Peter Sherry — Self
- Bill Slack — Self - Former Headmaster
- Margaret Thatcher — Self (archive footage)
- Daphne Vloet — Self
- Iris Vloet — Self
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