Hannah Campbell Hewson
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You're Dead to Me
Benedetta Carlini (Radio Edit)
In 1984, an IRA bomb planted under a bath in Brighton's Grand Hotel came close to killing Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. It was the biggest direct assault on a British government since the gunpowder plot. From BBC Radio 4, I'm Glenn Patterson.
You're Dead to Me
Benedetta Carlini (Radio Edit)
And in The Brighton Bomb, I tell the story of the deadly attack, unravelling the threads that brought all involved, often by heartbreaking chance, to that place and time. 2.54am on the morning of the 12th of October. And I reveal how the police only just averted a follow-up bombing campaign aimed at England's beaches.
You're Dead to Me
Benedetta Carlini (Radio Edit)
To hear The Brighton Bomb and many other great history documentaries, search for The History Podcast on BBC Sounds.