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October 18, 2024

15 minutes

Available for over a year

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 and her cabinet not been committed to our public consciousness in the same way?

For the principal contributors in our series, the events of 40 years ago had a seismic impact on their lives. What, if anything, did the Brighton time bomb achieve?

Written and presented by Glenn Patterson

Series Producer: Owen McFadden

Story Consultant and Sound Design: Alan Hall

Producer: Lena Ferguson

Archive Producer: Fran Rowlatt McCormick

Production Co-Ordinator: Hollie Wallace

Composer: Mark McCambridge

Sound Engineer: Claire Marquess

Mixing Engineer: Mike Woolley

Patrick Magee archive courtesy of Peter Taylor and Whistledown Productions

Executive Producer Rachel Hooper

A Walk on Air production in association with Keo Films