Bombing Brighton: The Plot To Kill Thatcher
Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher
Exploring one of the IRA's most significant attacks on mainland Britain during the Troubles, which killed five people and seriously injured 34 others. Directly targeting Margaret Thatcher, the bomb was planted by Patrick Magee three weeks before the Conservative Party Conference, it lay hidden underneath a bathtub in room 629 of Brighton's Grand Hotel
Bombing Brighton: The Plot To Kill Thatcher airs on BBC Two HD at 11:30 PM, Wednesday 9 October. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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