To Kill the Cabinet poster

To Kill the Cabinet poster

To Kill the Cabinet

1986 36mMovie

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.

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Martyn Gregory

Director

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

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Daphne Vloet

Self

Iris Vloet

Self