Who Bombed Birmingham? (or The Investigation)
Directed by Mike Beckham, Written by Rob Ritchie, Produced by Mike Beckham
A dramatic interpretation of the story surrounding the IRA pub bombings in Birmingham in 1974, the jailing of the ‘Birmingham Six’ despite their claims of innocence and police brutality, and the journalists who went about investigating the case and the actual perpetrators in the IRA.
One of the sources for screenwriter Rob Ritchie was said to have been the book by Chris Mullin MP: Error of Judgment: The Truth About the Birmingham Bombings by Chris Mullin (ISBN 1853713651)
Original transmission: ITV 28/03/1990 (120mins)
Who Bombed Birmingham? was screened a full year before the miscarriage of justice was eventually accepted by the courts and the six convicted men were freed.
Clip courtesy ITN SOURCE
Further Infomation
Genre
Documentary-drama (Television Play) - Broadcast
Company
Granada Television, for ITV
Release Year
1990Period Set
1974WRITER(s)/ DIRECTOR(s)/ PRODUCER(s)
Writer
Rob Ritchie
Director
Mike Beckham
Producer
Mike Beckham
ACTORS
Roger Allam - Charles Tremayne
Andy Bradford
Brendan Cauldwell - Callaghan
Ciarán Hinds - Richard McIlkenny
John Hurt - Chris Mullin
John Kavanagh - Z
Brendan Laird - Billy Power
Robert Lang - Detective Superintendant Ibison
Patrick Malahide - Mike Mansfield
Donal McCann - N
Gerard McSorley
Vincent Murphy - Hunter
Niall O’Brien - Walker
Bob Peck
Terence Rigby - Det. Supt. George Reade
David Ryall
Martin Shaw - Ian McBride
Niall Toibin - Paddy Joe Hill
John Woodvine