Synopsis
The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade;Hetty Fortune & her TV documentary team travel there to piece those memories together into a story of horror.
- Programme: ScreenPlay
- Series: 6
- Episode: 3: Events At Drimaghleen
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1991
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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