Podcasts about guildford four

Bentrovati e benvenuti ad un altro appuntamento con la serie Film alla Radio. Siete con Marco Pieroni e Radioincontri inblu Cortona. Vincitore dell'Orso d'oro al Festival di Berlino nel 1994. È tratto dal romanzo autobiografico Proved Innocent di Gerry Conlon, uno dei Guildford Four (tre ragazzi nordirlandesi e una ragazza inglese accusati di aver provocato un'esplosione in un pub di Guildford, oltre ad altri reati), interpretato nella pellicola da Daniel Day-Lewis. Il film è stato candidato a ben sette premi Oscar nel 1994, senza però aggiudicarsene alcuno.Nel film c'è un ringraziamento speciale a Marlon Brando, Al Pacino e Francis Ford Coppola per le scene del film Il padrino che appaiono per qualche secondo durante una proiezione.  Il film di questo episodio è “Nel nome del padre”. https://www.marcopieroni.itGrazie a: Lucia Pareti (Curiosità), Giulio Tiezzi (Critica), Mariangela Ungaro (Colonna sonora), Fernanda Cherubini (Cast), Bruna Iacopino (Copertine), Marco Pieroni voce narrante.

Chris Mullin has lived a life less ordinary. He was a fearless investigative journalist who became a Labour MP determined to speak, not just truth to power, but to go in search of the truth, however uncomfortable it was. In the second part of his chat with Joe and Dion, Chris explains how the establishment were forced to confront a reality they had tried to suppress once the Guildford Four were released in 1989. Two years later the Birmingham Six were free. If the death penalty had still been in operation they would have been hanged as many other innocents were. The man who was described by The Sun as a “mouthpiece for IRA sympathisers”, explains how his doggedness helped transform the British legal system. He talks about A Very British Coup, his novel which predicted the future, as well as his friendship with Tony Benn. Chris served as a minister under Tony Blair and he talks about how a messianic fever took hold in Blair leading to the disaster that was the invasion of Iraq.Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gerry Conlon spent fourteen years in jail as one of the Guildford Four, following the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing. New play In the Name of the Son chronicles the heady aftermath of his wrongful imprisonment. Richard O'Rawe wrote the 2017 book In the Name of the Son: The Gerry Conlon Story, which the play is based on. Himself a former Irish Republican prisoner, O'Rawe was a leading figure in the 1981 Maze prison hunger strike. He and life-long friend Conlon grew up together in Belfast. O'Rawe is the author of several books about the Irish Troubles, including Blanketmen: An Untold Story of the H-Block Hunger Strike. In the Name of the Son is coming to the Auckland Arts Festival in March next year.

Alastair Logan, the solicitor who represented Gerry Conlon, and his father Guiseppe.

Help Support Mike as an Actor and support his Podcast channel. Every new supporter will receive a custom NFT character from the show. https://www.patreon.com/mikefarrellAll characters will be uploaded on opensea https://opensea.io/collection/mikefar...Mike's Links here - https://linktr.ee/mikes_insta_life_Jim Sheridan was born in Dublin, Ireland on 6 February 1949.[2] He is the brother of playwright Peter Sheridan. The family ran a lodging house, while Anna Sheridan worked at a hotel and Peter Sheridan Snr was a railway clerk with CIÉ. Sheridan's early education was at a Christian Brothers school. In 1969 he attended University College Dublin to study English and History. In 1972, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He became involved in student theater there, where he met Neil Jordan, who also was later to become an important Irish film director. After graduating from UCD in 1972, Sheridan and his brother began writing and staging plays, and in the late 1970s began working with the Project Theatre Company.In 1981, Sheridan emigrated to Canada, but eventually settled in the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City. He enrolled in NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and became the artistic director of the Irish Arts Center.Sheridan returned to Ireland in the late 1980s. In 1989, he directed My Left Foot, which became a critical and commercial success and won Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker Academy Awards. He followed that with The Field (with Richard Harris) in 1990; then with In the Name of the Father in 1993, a fictionalized re-telling of the case of the Guildford Four. The film won the Golden Bear at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.In 1996 he co-wrote Some Mother's Son with Terry George. The Boxer (with Daniel Day-Lewis) was nominated for a Golden Globe for best film drama in 1997. The film was Sheridan's third collaboration with Day-Lewis after My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father, making him the only director to work with Day-Lewis on three films. In 2003, he released the semi-autobiographical In America, which tells the story of a family of Irish immigrants trying to succeed in New York. The film received positive reviews and earned Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou Academy Award nominations. In 2005 he released Get Rich or Die Tryin', a film starring rap star 50 Cent.Sheridan helmed the 2009 film Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, which was shot in New Mexico. He also directed the thriller Dream House, which starred Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz.Support the show

Baroness Helena Kennedy is one of Britain's most distinguished lawyers and has dedicated her more than forty-year career to giving voice to those who have least power within the system. Helena has worked on some of the UK's most high-profile cases, including the appeal by the Guildford Four, who were wrongly accused and imprisoned for planting an IRA bomb in a pub used by British soldiers. She is also a leading voice for equal opportunities for women working in law and has championed reforms to address the discrimination experienced by women in the legal system, especially relating to sexual and domestic violence.In this episode, Helena shares what sparked her love affair with the law and how she bucked convention to become one of Britain's leading barristers at a time when women were largely excluded from the legal profession. She and Julia discuss her landmark human rights cases, and also delve into her recent work on the #EvacuateHer campaign to provide support to female judges, lawyers, women's rights activists, human rights defenders and their families who were at risk after the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan.Learn more about the #EvacuateHer campaign here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-afghan-judges-lawyers-womens-activists See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the 5th of October 1974, the Provisional Irish Republican Army blew up a military pub in Guildford, killing four soldiers, one civilian and injuring sixty-five others. The responsibility for the heinous act of terror was quickly thrown at three young Irish men and a seventeen-year-old English girl. On top of this, accusations of running a  "bomb factory" was soon being shouldered by a middle-aged Irish woman who'd lived in England for twenty years. The British justice system had no evidence to prove the Guildford Four or Maguire Seven were connected to any bombings, but a large helping of police brutality and a bit of systemic corruption would soon sort that out. Sources: Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA by Richard English Making Sense of the Troubles: A history of conflict in Northern Ireland by David McKittrick and David McVea In The Name of the Son: The Gerald Conlan Story by Ricard O'Rawe https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/infamous-no-irish-no-blacks-no-dogs-signs-may-never-have-existed-148416 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/28/no-reason-to-doubt-no-irish-no-blacks-signs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlmgQDluhk4 https://www.thejournal.ie/paddy-armstrong-documentary-1792119-Nov2014/ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/25/british-injustice-maguire-story-review-family https://www.thejusticegap.com/guildford-four-how-the-innocent-were-framed-and-the-truth-buried https://magill.ie/archive/guildford-four-and-one-law-irish https://everything.explained.today/Gerry_Conlon/ https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/03/23/special-branch-knew-who-the-real-birmingham-bombers-were-from-1975/ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/12/opinion/l-sins-of-the-guildford-four-prosecution-447099.html https://innocenceproject.org/how-the-uk-police-interview-suspects/ https://education.niassembly.gov.uk/post_16/snapshots_of_devolution/gfa https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gerry-conlon-hadnt-an-ounce-of-republicanism-in-him-says-biographer-and-boyhood-pal-36201704.html https://www.irishtimes.com/news/blair-apology-to-guilford-four-and-maguire-six-1.1174017 https://group.irishecho.com/2011/02/a-view-north-of-bin-lids-and-head-bangers-in-northern-ireland/ https://stairnaheireann.net/2020/10/19/otd-in-1989-after-serving-15-years-in-prison-the-guildford-four-are-released-in-what-is-considered-to-be-one-of-the-biggest-ever-miscarriages-of-justice-in-britain-3/

Since Mike was released he has become an award winning author and he campaigns for the wrongly convicted people he left behind. In this episode we talk about the work he has done including; helping people in police interviews as an appropriate adult and helping people in the family court as a Mackenzie friend. We also talk about the death penalty because if the death penalty had still been in place Mike and others including his co-accused, the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six, Barry George and many, many others would have been hanged. Like the last man to executed in Cardiff, Mahmood Mattan who was later proved to be innocent. His gravestone reads; 'killed by injustice.' In this episode, Mike and I have an open and frank discussion about some difficult issues regarding our criminal justice system.

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC one of Britain's most distinguished lawyers. She has spent her professional life giving voice to those who have least power within the system, championing civil liberties and promoting human rights. In an interview from a few years ago, Helena was asked about her best and worst days of works. Successes like the release of Paul Hill, one of The Guildford Four, is a given, but what was moving and powerful was to hear Helena talk of supporting and winning cases such as the battered women who killed their husbands after years of abuse. Or perhaps the wife of the bomb plotter accused of failing to inform on her husband. Helena has conducted many prominent cases of terrorism, official secrets and homicide. She is the founding force behind the establishment of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. In 1997, she was elevated to the House of Lords where she is a Labour peer. She has published two books on how the justice system is failing women and has written and broadcasted on many issues over the years. Currently, she has taken on the role of Director to the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute. She directs the Institute's work upholding the rule of law and human rights globally. "Important in, in my sort of evolution, was that when you're at the bar, and you're doing a case - and I was a sort of warrior on behalf of people who were often the underdog. There is a thing about doing a case is that you would fight hammer and tongs with the person on the other side. But somehow, afterwards, you were still part of the same world, which was to preserve the rule of law. And so it was, it was one of the things that was an important part of maturing, was that you don't, you don't loathe the person who's who's on the other side. You have to find a way of having a proper discourse. There has to be some way in which you can cross that divide, if you want to make make any kind of progress."

I 1975 blev fire personer, bedre kendt som The Guildford Four, uskyldigdømt for et bombeangreb på to pubber i Guildford i England. Gennem tortur, trusler og intimidering blev de fire presset ud i at indrømme at stå bag angrebet, som i virkeligheden havde tilknytning til IRA og hele den eksisterende konflikt mellem Irland, Nordirland og Storbritannien.

Trust in the police force has eroded steadily and visibly since the trials of The Guildford Four in 1974, building to a concentrated core over Steven Lawrence’s murder in 1993. Today when people march and protest for Black Lives Matter, or with a policeman held in custody over the murder of Sarah Everard, it seems to frighten Ms Patel into producing a bill called the ‘Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. It is a mere extension of the Coronavirus Act passed in 2020.

Il titolo del la ventiduesima puntata della terza stagione di J-TACTICS, trae spunto da:​​ "Nel nome del padre”, (In the Name of the Father) che è un film del 1993 diretto da Jim Sheridan.Tratto dal romanzo autobiografico: “Proved Innocent”, di Gerry Conlon, uno dei Guildford Four (tre ragazzi nordirlandesi e una ragazza inglese accusati di aver provocato un’esplosione in un pub di Guildford).Interpretato da Daniel Day-Lewis.Nel 1974, in un pub di Guildford ci fu un attentato terroristico, attribuito all’IRA.Con il sostegno di prove debolissime, quando non addirittura inventate, dell’atto criminoso vengono incolpati Gerry Conlon e tre suoi amici, (i Guildford Four); oltre al padre di Gerry, Giuseppe Conlon, e a un’intera famiglia di parenti di residenti a Londra, i Maguire.Nonostante le evidenti prove contrarie (e la successiva testimonianza di un senzatetto con cui Gerry e Paul stavano parlando nel momento dell’esplosione) padre, figlio e gli amici di quest’ultimo vengono condannati all’ergastolo.La drammatica esperienza carceraria servirà a padre e figlio per riavvicinarsi: da un lato Gerry, adolescente ribelle e dall’altro lato Giuseppe, tutto casa e chiesa.Col tempo, Gerry prometterà al genitore, se mai uscirà di galera, che si prenderà cura della famiglia e riabiliterà il suo nome.Una combattiva avvocatessa Gareth Peirce, assume la difesa dei reclusi.Nel frattempo però, Giuseppe, già malato da tempo, ha una crisi respiratoria durante il sonno e muore.A questo punto Gerry, rimasto solo ma con un crescente sostegno nell’opinione pubblica, acquista coscienza e fiducia di sé (come il padre aveva sempre sperato) e aiuta l’avvocatessa nelle indagini. Quest’ultima, trova nell’archivio della polizia, tra le carte dell’accusa un foglio, volutamente mai mostrato alla difesa, contenente le dichiarazioni del senzatetto che scagionano completamente i Conlon.Al nuovo processo, di fronte alla nuova prova, il giudice deve annullare le condanne, liberando i quattro.Facendo la nostra solita trasposizione dalla cinematografia al mondo del calcio, ed in modo particolare alle vicende juventine, potremo utilizzare il titolo e le vicende narrate nella pellicola per analizzare le prove del giovane Federico Chiesa, mattatore indiscusso nel match contro la Lazio in campionato e soprattutto tra i pochi a non naufragare soprattutto mentalmente nella sciagurata partita valevole per il ritorno degli ottavi di Champions League contro il Porto.Giovane sicuramente data la sua età anagrafica, ma dannatamente tosto, feroce e affamato di successi e vittorie.“Nel nome del padre”, proprio come il titolo della pellicola da cui trae spunto l’odierna puntata di J-TACTICS.Proprio come Enrico, suo padre.Giocatore atipico, a volte criticato ma proprio come suo figlio determinato e oseremo dire anche cinico.Anni fa si vociferava non a caso che fosse stato lui oltre a mister Ancelotti a far desistere la dirigenza del Parma dall’idea di portare Roberto Baggio in gialloblù.Enrico probabilmente voleva essere l’unica star e nessuno, tantomeno il divin codino, doveva fargli eventualmente “ombra” con la sua ingombrante presenza.Federico è stato come detto mattatore nel match contro i biancocelesti, dimostrando carattere ed attributi.E’ stato forse il migliore in campo anche se su tre gol segnati dalla Juventus alla Lazio nessuno porta il suo nome, ma la firma sì, almeno nell’assist della rete del vantaggio imbeccando Morata per il 2-1.Volendo essere più precisi Federico Chiesa stava per lasciare il segno già prima della mezz’ora su quel rimpallo che ha fatto andare la sfera sul braccio di Hoedt che Massa non ha giudicato da rigore.Poi ha cominciato la ripresa costringendo Reina a un grande intervento e l’ha proseguita qualche minuto dopo facendosi mezzo campo a testa alta in contropiede, rubando il tempo a Escalante appena entrato per trasformare in pochi secondi il salvataggio di Alex Sandro nell’azione che ha girato la serata della Juve, lanciando in profondità Morata per il vantaggio che ha messo in discesa la partita per i bianconeri.L’ex viola morde gli avversari e corre per tre.Ma non finisce qui perché Chiesa è stato il migliore in campo nella Juventus eliminata dalla Champions League per mano del Porto. Una doppietta che l’ha consacrato al ruolo di leader tecnico della Juve, nella serata in cui a deludere è stato Cristiano Ronaldo.Il ragazzo si è rivelato una delle pochissime note liete che la Juventus porta a casa dopo la serata infausta di Champions League contro i lusitani.L’ex Fiorentina è stato il volto della speranza per la Juve, provvidenziale con la sua doppietta per tenere vive le possibilità di una qualificazione e di gran lunga il migliore in campo tra i bianconeri.La conferma di una crescita che dal rettangolo di gioco si sta trasferendo anche fuori dal campo.Chiesa si è presentato davanti alle telecamere per le interviste post-partita e ha analizzato con grande onestà quanto successo, concedendosi anche uno scambio di opinioni con Fabio Capello.L’ex allenatore ha criticato la strategia d’attacco dei bianconeri, che hanno insistito sui cross dalle fasce senza però riempire adeguatamente l’area di rigore, consentendo al Porto di difendersi con una certa facilità, disamina che non ha trovato d’accordo Federico, che ha risposto con grande schiettezza alle critiche dell’ex tecnico friulano.“Su quest’analisi non sono d’accordo. Ricordo un’occasione di Cristiano, una di Kulu. Sui cross abbiamo creato e abbiamo avuto l’opportunità per portarla a casa. Ovvio che quando non si passa si cerca sempre un’analisi in cui trovare qualcosa da fare diversamente. Nel secondo tempo meritavamo di passare”, le parole del giocatore bianconero.In chiusura di intervista, rispondendo ad un’altra domanda, Chiesa è poi tornato sull’argomento con una risposta più distensiva, dimostrando ancora una volta grande maturità e una crescita importante sul piano del carattere, doti che lo consegnano al futuro della Juve come uno dei nuovi leader bianconeri.“Ho sentito prima mister Capello che ricordava come avessimo giocato 11 contro 10. Ha fatto bene a sottolinearlo e bisognava passare a tutti i costi”.“Nel nome del padre”, o forse no, semplicemente nel nome di Federico.Sarà nostro gradito ospite l’amico Alessandro Irrisolvibile, appassionato dei colori bianconeri.Diteci la vostra, interagiremo con voi in chat live! ​ Ecco i link dei nostri social:CANALE TELEGRAM:https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAE2Dp-yj5b1N4SNcMQINSTAGRAM:https://instagram.com/jtactics_?igshid=1fg7nrkzhl2mtFACEBOOK:http://m.facebook.com/jtacticsmdn/

October 5th, 1974 in the small town of Guildford, England. It was a Saturday evening and the pubs were packed full of people, who were relaxing after a week spent working. The Horse and Groom was one of the more popular pubs in the town as it was rumoured to have the cheapest pints around. Amidst the jovial atmosphere, a man and a woman slipped into the pub, stayed for one drink and then left. Then, a short while later, a bomb detonated that would cause absolute carnage in the pub. Four soldiers and one civilian were killed outright with 65 others injured. Of the five people killed, four of them were teenagers. The wave of revulsion that came from the Guildford Pub Bombings would set in motion one of the greatest injustices in the British Judicial System, one which neither the victims of the bombing, nor those accused would get any closure. SOURCES:Channel Four Documentary on the Bombing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZg6LIyczyk&ab_channel=PortersOwnRTE One Documentary Following Paddy Armstrong:https://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2014/1113/658974-small-lives-and-great-reputations/Letters Written By Paul Hill While in Prison:https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29429010Gerry Talking About his Life:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyaIHMEQq4&t=38s&ab_channel=AfriGerry Talking About Life After Prison:https://www.irishnews.com/paywall/tsb/irishnews/irishnews/irishnews//news/2017/10/05/news/gerry-conlon-blew-almost-1-million-1154156/content.htmlGareth Pierce Speaking:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHjshw4w8s&ab_channel=swpTvUkAlso if interested check out the movie 'In The Name Of The Father. Here's the trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ZYTB2ZXVc&t=1s&ab_channel=MovieclipsClassicTrailers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caolán has a serious history lesson for the lads. Talking about the wrongful imprisonment of the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven, a lesson we should all listen too. 

Mark Williams-Thomas introduces you to the case involving three men, known as the Three Musketeers, and one other man, all convicted of preparing to commit an act of terror. He begins by giving an overview of the case, and highlights major terrorist attacks that took place around the world, near the time of the trial. Could the mass panic have led to the wrongful prosecution of these four men? Lawyer for the defence, Gareth Pierce, has represented many cases involving terrorism, involving the prosecution of The Guildford Four and The Birmingham Six. She explains how she came to work on the case, and offers her testimony, arguing the facts brought to court by the Police don't stack up. Hear also from Stephen Kamlish QC, a barrister with more than 40 years experience, as he voices his major concerns with the evidence against the ‘Musketeers'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 25th anniversary of his release from prison, Paddy Armstrong of the Guildford Four visits London and Guildford with his wife. Wrongfully convicted and having spent 15 years in prison, Paddy reunites with the solicitor and MP who fought his case. (2014)

Dame Glenys Stacey has spent 40 years in public service, including high profile work as a regulator in key areas of national life. She has just stepped down after her five year term as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation during which she criticised the decision to privatise the Probation service calling it “irredeemably flawed”. Glenys was born in Walsall Wood in the West Midlands, where her father was a painter and decorator for the council and her mother worked full time in Union Locks. She left school at 16 and her first job was in an explosives factory. She became a legal executive before deciding to take A levels and then study law at the University of Kent. She was the founding CEO of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, set up by the government in January 1997, after the miscarriages of justice in the cases of the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four. As Chief Executive of Animal Health, she oversaw the management of the outbreak of foot and mouth in 2007 and then led Ofqual for five years, during the reform of GCSEs and A levels. She was awarded a Damehood in 2016 for her services to education and earlier this year she became a founding Board Member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, an advisory body established by the government. DISC ONE: Loch Lomond – Sir Harry Lauder DISC TWO: Harry Belafonte - Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair) DISC THREE: T.REX –Ride a White Swan DISC FOUR: Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill DISC FIVE: Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries DISC SIX: Second movement of Saint Saen’s Piano concerto number 2 in G minor DISC SEVEN: Bob Marley and the Wailers - I Shot the Sherriff DISC EIGHT: Soave sia Il vento from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte BOOK CHOICE: Oxford Book of English Short Stories LUXURY ITEM: A selection of seeds CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Cathy Drysdale Photo: BBC / Amanda Benson

Frances Gibb has retired after nearly forty years as legal journalist and editor, covering everything from Lord Irvine’s pricey wallpaper to the release of the Guildford Four. She talks to Rosalind English about the challenges of reporting on a profession highly sensitive to slips and slights. #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish  #FrancesGibb  #LegalJournalism

Human rights solicitor Alastair Logan explains how he came to defend the Guildford Four, his early career in family law, and his involvement in the case of the Maguire seven. Alastair also discusses his work on Tasers, and his campaign against he closure of the Forensic Science Service.

Human rights solicitor Alastair Logan explains how he came to defend the Guildford Four, his early career in family law, and his involvement in the case of the Maguire seven. Alastair also discusses his work on Tasers, and his campaign against he closure of the Forensic Science Service.

Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose Gerry Conlon's Proved Innocent, an autobiography about one of four innocent people convicted of a terrorist bombing in Guildford, England, that tells of the miscarriage of justice that resulted in imprisonment for him and members of his family, including his father. It describes the struggle to clear his name. A movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was released in 1993 putting to screen Conlon's [...] The post Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four (Gerry Conlon) – Adapted: Books to Movies appeared first on Book Circle Online.

Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose Gerry Conlon's Proved Innocent, an autobiography about one of four innocent people convicted of a terrorist bombing in Guildford, England, that tells of the miscarriage of justice that resulted in imprisonment for him and members of his family, including his father. It describes the struggle to clear his name. A movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was released in 1993 putting to screen Conlon's [...]

Love books? Love movies? Hosts Marisa Serafini and Phil Svitek love them both too... equally. So they decided to marry their love of both into a monthly dedicated series where they discuss books that have been adapted into movies. This month they chose Gerry Conlon's Proved Innocent, an autobiography about one of four innocent people convicted of a terrorist bombing in Guildford, England, that tells of the miscarriage of justice that resulted in imprisonment for him and members of his family, including his father. It describes the struggle to clear his name. A movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was released in 1993 putting to screen Conlon's [...]

When the Metropolitan Police entered a flat on Balcombe Street after a six day standoff, they successfully arrested the four men who were holding the couple who lived in the flat hostage. The four, Joe O'Connell, Hugh Doherty, Edward Butler, and Harry Duggan, were also members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who had been conducting a series of bombings and assassinations in and around London for fourteen months. This seeming victory for authorities in Britain proved a bit fleeting. Although the men were willing to acknowledge their culpability and were initially chased to Balcombe Street after being seen firing guns into a restaurant, they also told their lawyers that there were innocent people in jail for some of their crimes. Specifically, the "Guildford Four," four young people who were arrested for bombing a pub in Guildford, were pointed to as completely innocent. This proved highly problematic for the British authorities, who celebrated their victory in placing the Guildford Four in jail. This also made the actual arrest of the four men in the Balcombe Street siege more troubling than it should have been.

This week, we watch the story of the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven, a group of young men and woman who were wrongly accused and imprisoned for the terrorist bombing of a pub.  The true story turns into a backdrop for the relationship between one of the four (Daniel Day Lewis) and his father (Pete Postlethwaite), and their time spent together in prison.  In the Name of the Father, directed by Jim Sheridan.

In GBA 290 we get better acquainted with Hamja Ahsan. He talks about his forthcoming book Shy Radicals, the zine festival DIY Cultures that he curates for, the successful campaign to free his brother Talha Ahsan, society as a teen movie, being bullied at school, mental health issues, male suicide, the history of state crimes, imprisonment, extradition and internment and so much more. Content note: Mental Health Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Suicide, Mania, Bullying, Incarceration Hamja plugs: DIY Cultures - 14th May: https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/exhibitions/diy-cultures-2017 https://www.facebook.com/events/259081314527166/ http://diycultures.tumblr.com/ DIY Knowledge - 3rd May - 2ndJune: https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/exhibitions/diy-cultures-exhibition-diy-knowledge Shy Radicals - published by bookworks and out any time now! https://www.facebook.com/ShyRadicals/ http://shyradicals.tumblr.com/ I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Voting for GBA or The Family Tree for the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/ We mention: Talha Ahsan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Talha_Ahsan Hamja Ahsan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamja_Ahsan Liberty Award: https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/press-releases/liberty-honours-human-rights-heroes-annual-awards-ceremony Hillsborough Justice Campaign: http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/ Sheila Coleman: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/16/kevin-sampson-hillsborough Guildford Four: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven Birmingham Six: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six Through The Wind and the Rain: http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/issue17.shtm Red All Over the Land: http://redallovertheland.com/ Riot Grrrl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrrl Hamja on Hillsborough Voices - Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/2016/12/08/political-book-of-the-year-hillsborough-voices-the-real-story-told-by-the-people-themselves/ Black Panthers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party Suffragettes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette Tolpuddle Martyrs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs ANC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_National_Congress Malcolm X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X George: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george Orbital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_(band) Kurt Cobain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain Elliot Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Smith Mark Fisher: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/mark-fisher-k-punk-blogs-did-48-politics What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity Mean Girls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls Clement Attlee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee Moazzam Begg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moazzam_Begg Cage: https://cage.ngo/ Gareth Pierce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Peirce In the name of the father: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Father_(film) Susan Cain - Quiet: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/22/quiet-power-introverts-susan-cain-review Joe Moran - shrinking violets: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/01/shrinking-violets-field-guide-shyness-joe-moran-review Nina Power: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power Political Prisoner Radio: http://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/politicalprisonerradio/ Law and Disorder Radio: http://lawanddisorder.org/ Heathers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathers Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

Something To Talk About.....Paul Mclaughlin, Domestic extremism, Community centres, Top of the deprivation league, Is there a middle class?, The Possil Coliseum, Tenant led housing, Cosmic Dave, Drugs in Glasgow, Stephen has a brush with the law, Swear at the polis, Police in our community, Authority, #NosmoKing The N word, Ken Loach, Women in our community, Bob lived a sheltered life, Making change at the smallest levels, Miscarriages Of Justice Organisation, William Mills, Michael Absalom, Liam O'Donnell, CCTV, The Birmingham Six, Guildford Four and Maguire Seven, Legal aid cuts, I Confess...

On the 25th anniversary of his release from prison, Paddy Armstrong of the Guildford Four visits London and Guildford with his wife. Wrongfully convicted and having spent 15 years in prison, Paddy reunites with the solicitor and MP who fought his case. (2014)