Who Bombed Birmingham?

105 minutes

4/22/1990

Overview

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks

Cast List

John Hurt
as Chris Mullin
Martin Shaw
as Ian McBride
Roger Allam
as Charles Tremayne
John Kavanagh
as Z
Robert Lang
as Detective Superintendant Ibison
Patrick Malahide
as Mike Mansfield
Bob Peck
as Chief Supt. Tom Meffen
Donal McCann
as N
Leslie Phillips
as Lord Chief Justice Lane
Terence Rigby
as Det. Supt. George Reade
David Ryall
as Dr. Frank Skuse
John Woodvine
as Tom Clarke
David Bamber
as David Mellor MP, Home Office
Ciarán Hinds
as Richard McIlkenny
Brid Brennan
as Sister of IRA man
John Lynch
as IRA man in cottage
Heather Chasen
as The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher
Tony Doyle
as Richard Ferguson QC
James Berwick
as Joe Cahill
Brendan Cauldwell
as Callaghan
Julian Glover
as Igor Judge QC
Peter Gowen
as Eamon O'Connor
Ian McElhinney
as Sinn Fein leader
Gerard McSorley
as Paddy Mcllkenny
Sean McGinley
as A
Niall O'Brien
as Walker
Struan Rodger
as Ex-IRA man
Niall Tóibín
as Paddy Joe Hill
Donald Pickering
as Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary
Andy Bradford
David Howey
as Bob Clay MP
Diane Fletcher
as Gareth Peirce