Listen "The bomb meant for Thatcher: Brighton explosion 40 years on"
Episode Synopsis
On this day 40 years ago an explosion at the Tory Party Conference in Brighton killed five people, including one MP. It was caused by a bomb planted by the IRA in an attempt to kill Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.In this special episode, we listen back to a documentary we made at the time with reporter Jim Hancock at the scene in Brighton.
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