The Birmingham Six | Funeral for a Friend | 1

British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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When IRA bombs tear through two pubs in Birmingham and kill 21 innocent people, Detective Superintendent George Reade knows he has to act fast to find the perpetrators. But for Paddy Hill and five friends - on their way to Ireland for a funeral - this is the start of a torturous nightmare that will become the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history.

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0:00.0	Alice, incredibly, this is our 61st series.
0:09.2	No way, 61.
0:11.4	Happy birthday.
0:12.5	Happy birthday, happy birthday, everyone.
0:14.0	We are 61, all the best people are 61, aren't they?
0:17.4	Yeah, I guess.
0:18.1	I mean, like, they say like 50's the new 40, 61's the new, you know, every age.
0:24.0	So let's have a look.
0:24.9	Who is 61?
0:27.6	Ah, um, hmm, Boris Johnson, 61.
0:31.7	Yeah, I mean, look, you're going to get the odd bad egg in a whole packet of eggs?
0:36.6	Yeah.
0:37.5	Why are you buying your eggs in packets? Okay.
0:40.5	There must be somebody good here. Oh.
0:44.0	Sarah Palin.
0:46.1	Statistically, some 61-year-olds
0:48.6	are going to be less good than others.
0:49.9	It's not going to be consistent across the board, is it?
0:51.9	It's not a problem.
0:52.5	I bet we've got a gem here.
0:53.9	Oh. Oh.
0:57.8	Ah.
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