The Birmingham Six | House of Cards | 2

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

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Chris Mullin uncovers disturbing evidence he hopes will free the Birmingham Six after a decade in prison. The more he digs, the more he learns of dodgy forensics and police brutality. But bringing this proof to light will mean taking on the most powerful institutions in Britain.

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0:00.0	Oh, hi, Alice.
0:10.6	Oh, Alice.
0:12.4	Not again.
0:13.4	What's with the whoopi cushion now?
0:15.2	It's called banter.
0:16.5	It's really funny.
0:17.8	We need to talk about this.
0:18.8	It is not banter.
0:19.6	It is going too far. You egged my house last week. Yeah, no, sike. And you swapped my meds out for laxatives. Oh my God, did you take them? Yes. Amazing. Amazing. I wish I'd been there to see it. And you cut the brake leads on my car. Oh my God. I forgot about that one actually. That was like a week ago. It was so dangerous. I could have died. Okay, you're taking this way too seriously. They're practical jokes.
0:41.3	It's fun.
0:38.3	It's love. about that one actually that was like a week ago it was so dangerous i could have died okay you're taking this way too seriously they're practical jokes it's fun it's lull it's one-sided lull it's only
0:43.9	happening to me okay if you're gonna be such a downer about it i'll stop thank you thank you
0:48.7	look i i like comedy obviously i like jokes it's just it feels like it's it's only on me and it's
0:53.2	getting really severe.
0:54.7	I worry about what comes next.
0:56.2	Okay. Keep asking the mic.
0:58.4	Yeah, sure.
0:59.5	Ah!
1:01.4	Oh my God, that is going to go viral.
1:05.7	Okay, you do actually look like you're burnt, though, so I will get an ambulance.
1:08.3	My hands hanging off.
1:13.5	June 1985, HMP Garterrey, Market Harbourer.
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