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The History Podcast, The Brighton Bomb, 6. Out of the Rubble

The History Podcast

The Brighton Bomb

6. Out of the Rubble

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October 14, 2024

14 minutes

Available for over a year

It's the day after one of the most shocking terror attacks in British history - a timebomb hidden in the Brighton hotel where the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and her cabinet are staying during the 1984 Conservative Party conference.

The casualties have all now been recovered. Four are dead, several of the injured are fighting for life.

Now all that remains is the rubble. Somewhere in here will lie the answer to who was responsible. Not the organisation – the Provisional IRA has already said it was them – but the individual human being, or beings, who left the bomb.

All the police have to do is find them.

Written and presented by Glenn Patterson

Series Producer: Owen McFadden

Story Consultant and Sound Design: Alan Hall

Producer: Lena Ferguson

Archive Producer: Fran Rowlatt McCormick

Production Co-Ordinator: Hollie Wallace

Composer: Mark McCambridge

Sound Engineer: Claire Marquess

Mixing Engineer: Mike Woolley

Patrick Magee archive courtesy of Peter Taylor and Whistledown Productions

Executive Producer Rachel Hooper

A Walk on Air production in association with Keo Films