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Speak No Evil: the Story of the Broadcast Ban: BBC4 on BBC2

on BBC Two England

In 1988 Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government banned the voices of the Sinn Fein leadership from British television in an attempt to deprive it of the "oxygen of publicity". Time Shift investigates the - often surreal - impact of the ban as actors' voices replaced those of Sinn Fein leaders such as Gerry Adams.
Director/Producer Francis Welch

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Margaret Thatcher
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Gerry Adams
Producer:
Francis Welch

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