A Safe House

Directed by Moira Armstrong, Written by Bill Morrison, Produced by Robert Cooper and Kevin Jackson

Documentary drama about the wrongful conviction of the ‘Maguire Seven’ in the wake of the Guildford bombings of 1974.

Original transmission: BBC2 22/08/1990 (60mins). Shown as part of the ‘Screenplay’ series on BBC.

The wrongful conviction of several Irish people in England during the IRA’s bombing campaigns, shook the British justice system’s faith in itself and led to the creation of the Criminal Convictions Review Commission. These convictions also damaged British efforts to establish credibility with many Irish people and groups who had no links to the paramilitary organisations.

Clip Courtesy BBC Motion Gallery

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Genre

Documentary-drama (Television Play) - Broadcast

Company

BBC Television

Release Year

1990

Period Set

1974

WRITER(s)/ DIRECTOR(s)/ PRODUCER(s)

Writer

Bill Morrison

Director

Moira Armstrong

Producer

Robert Cooper and Kevin Jackson

ACTORS

Maggie Shevlin - Annie Maguire

Gary Lilburn - Paddy Maguire

James Coyle - Giuseppe Conlon

Gerard O'Hare - Gerard Conlon

Peter Ferdinando - Vincent Maguire

Dan Gordon - Sean Smyth

Niall Cusack - Pat O’Neil

James Matthews - Sean Tully

P.J. Nicholas - John Maguire

Scott Riley - Patrick Maguire

Annatt Bass - Anne-Marie Maguire

Louise Kattenhorn - Jacqueline O’Neill

Lauren Martin - Sharon O’Neill

Victoria Aked - Jean O’Neill

Jonathan Stratt - Detective Inspector Powell

Jeffrey Robert - Detective Sergeant Robinson

Ian Thompson - Detective Chief Inspector Grundy

Harold Saks - Detective Sergeant Jermey

Tony Stephens - Detective Sergeant Hunter

Michael Dalton - Detective Sergeant Elbourn

Barrie Ewart - Detective Sergeant Hunt

Al Gregg - Detective Sergeant Day

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