The Brighton Bomb: 10. No Penny for the Pat
Remember remember the 5th of November. The Gunpowder Plot has been seared into centuries of British popular history. Why have the events of October 1984 and the attempt to wipe out a Prime Minister a…
The Brighton Bomb: 9. Performance
When you get right down to it, everything in life is a matter of timing.
Any other evening, a knock at the door would put Patrick Magee on alert. As chance would have it, though, it being a Saturday, …
The Brighton Bomb: 8. A Hotel Too Far
Spring 1985, six months on from the bomb at Brighton’s Grand Hotel that killed five men and women in town for the Conservative Party conference and came within feet of killing Prime Minister Margaret…
The Brighton Bomb: 7. Fight Them on the Beaches
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 planni…
The Brighton Bomb: 6. Out of the Rubble
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 Brighton Bomb: 5. 2:54am
The IRA’s Patrick Magee has left a bomb, under a bath, in room 629 of the Brighton’s Grand Hotel. It’s timed to go off in three weeks, three days, six hours and thirty-six minutes, at 2.54am on Frida…
The Brighton Bomb: 4. It's Going to Happen
When you get right down to it, everything in life is a matter of timing. It's the night of 17 September 1984. The guest in room 629 of Brighton’s Grand Hotel has ordered a bottle of vodka and three…
The Brighton Bomb: 3. England Teams
The bomb is set for 12 October 1984 - but the IRA have been building to this for decades
It's the night of 17 September 1984. The guest in room 629 of Brighton’s Grand Hotel has ordered a bottle of vo…
The Brighton Bomb: 2. The Man Who Wasn't Walsh
The clock – the long-delay timer – nobody is meant to hear is counting down to 2.54am on the 12th October, 1984.
It's attached to a bomb, behind the panel of the bath of Room 629 in Brighton’s Grand H…
The Brighton Bomb: 1. A Matter of Timing
When you get right down to it, everything in life is a matter of timing.
The clock that propels this story went unheard for three weeks, three days, six hours and thirty-six minutes…until the bomb it …
The Brighton Bomb: Trailer
Glenn Patterson investigates the IRA bomb that attempted to kill Margaret Thatcher.
Escape from the Maze: 10. Mothballed
Can Northern Ireland ever Escape from the Maze...?
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of the 1983 escape from Northern Ireland's…
Escape from the Maze: 9. Ripples in the Water
The government inquiry into the escape is about to have deadly consequences...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of the 1983 es…
Escape from the Maze: 8. Break for the Border
As more escapees are recaptured, no amount of effort can hide the state's humiliation...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of …
Escape from the Maze: 7. A Question of Faith
The IRA tells a mother they must take away her 12-year-old son...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of the 1983 escape from Nor…
Escape from the Maze: 6. A Sea of Screws
Knowing they have strength in numbers, the Prison Officers seize their chance...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of the 1983 …
Escape from the Maze: 5. Freedom's Gate
The prisoner's are flying blind as they encounter the biggest obstacle to the escape...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of t…
Escape from the Maze: 4. The Incident
A forensically planned sequence of events is about to be triggered...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of the 1983 escape from…
Escape from the Maze: 3. Toast
IRA inmates gather a key piece of intelligence and a charm offensive begins on the wings...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story o…
Escape from the Maze: 2. Thinking Big
The British government wants a line to be drawn but the IRA has sensed an opportunity...
Across 10 twisting and turning episodes, Carlo Gebler navigates a path through the disturbing inside story of …