The Brighton Bomb: Fight Them on the Beaches
Brighton bomber Patrick Magee has been in hiding. He escapes back to Great Britain from Dublin and joins an IRA unit planning a campaign targeting English seaside resorts.
Patrick Magee plays mouse to the cat of the Southern Irish police, acting on a tip-off from their colleagues in the North.
He escapes back to Great Britain from Dublin and joins a new IRA unit planning a summer-long campaign targeting seaside resorts: more bombs in hotels and a new tactic - burying bombs on beaches. It will be the most concentrated wave of IRA attacks since the 1930s.
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
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