To Kill the Cabinet

Overview

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.

Directed by Martyn Gregory

Top 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

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