Sunday, 11 March 2018
944 Shoot To Kill
First viewed : 4 June 1990
This was a two part drama documentary about the events in Northern Ireland that culminated in the Stalker Inquiry which dominated the news in 1986. Six unarmed people, one of them without terrorist connections. had been killed by members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary giving rise to a suspicion that a so-called "shoot to kill" policy had been adopted by the R.U.C. The government reluctantly conceded an inquiry led by the Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, John Stalker who was mysteriously suspended from duty before he concluded his report.
The four hour drama tried to stick as close to the truth as possible and Stalker felt it largely succeeded. Predictably, Sir John Hermon, the RUC Chief who obstructed him all the way denounced it as "totally without any credibility". Jack Shepherd played Stalker and David Calder ( who ironically looked much more like Stalker ) played his deputy John Thorburn. T T P McKenna played Hermon.
I only caught the second part which put me at a disadvantage since it was a complex investigation. The programme has not been repeated.
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