To Kill the Cabinet
1986 • 0h 36m • 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.
- Director
- Martyn Gregory
- Status
- Released
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Top Cast
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
