{"id":853,"date":"2005-08-26T05:07:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-26T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.co.uk\/SU\/?p=853"},"modified":"2022-02-17T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T09:31:09","slug":"the-year-london-blew-up-1974-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/the-year-london-blew-up-1974-channel-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year London Blew Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">htt<s>p:\/\/www.channel4.com\/<\/s>h<s>istory\/microsit<\/s>e<s>s\/Y\/year_london_blew_up\/<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><b>The Year London Blew Up: 1974 &#8211; Channel 4\nThursday 1 September 9pm, Channel 4 (British TV)<\/b><\/center>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Year London Blew Up - 1974 (Channel 4 2005)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AlmgQDluhk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>From the page:<br>&#8220;What happens when a city faces a cell of fanatics with a single goal: to bring the maximum terror to the civilian population?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Militant Islamists may be the current threat, but in 1974\/5, the enemy was the Provisional IRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four men hiding out in London bedsits carried out over 40 separate incidents across the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city and its people reeled under the impact of this sustained attack, but finally found the resolve to face the onslaught and defeat it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember it well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;According to reports from Reuters, the IRA killed almost 1,800 people&#8230; 600 civilians also died at the hands of the IRA, mostly Catholics. 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They were complicit by allowing Noraid to solicit funds using the catchphrase:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Give a dollar, buy a bullet, kill a British soldier&#8221;<br><span><br>Sept 2nd &#8211; Excellent production BTW<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\">https:\/\/www.channel4.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/history\/microsites\/Y\/year_london_blew_up\/ The Year London Blew Up: 1974 &#8211; Channel 4 Thursday 1 September 9pm, Channel 4 (British TV) From the page:&#8220;What happens when a city faces a cell of fanatics with a single goal: to bring the maximum terror to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolligan.ie\/SU\/the-year-london-blew-up-1974-channel-4\/\">Continue reading <span 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