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The History Podcast, The Brighton Bomb, 7. Fight Them on the Beaches

The History Podcast

The Brighton Bomb

7. Fight Them on the Beaches

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October 15, 2024

14 minutes

Available for over a year

Patrick Magee plays mouse to the cat of the Southern Irish police, acting on a tip-off from their colleagues in the North.

He escapes back to Great Britain from Dublin and s a new IRA unit planning a summer-long campaign targeting seaside resorts: more bombs in hotels and a new tactic - burying bombs on beaches. It will be the most concentrated wave of IRA attacks since the 1930s.

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