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Feb. 14th, 2006 11:28 amAt first glance I thought this programme sounded horribly Jerry Springeresque - bringing families of victims of the violence here together with their killers on screen. But on reading more, the meetings were overseen/mediated by Archbishop Tutu and sounds fascinating, tho I'd imagine not easy viewing. Particularly since it doesn't seem to have followed the Expected Movie Script of Evil-doers repenting touchingly -
"We were waiting for the first person to say they wished they had never done it, but that didn't happen," he [the producer] said.
Starts March 4th, BBC 2
Michael Stone still looks like a complete psycho tho :p
The postal strike thing may be getting somewhere, looks like Royal Mail may be giving in and giving them the independant review, tho apparently they're just *clarifying* an offer they made before...
The best bit tho is this - an attempt to widen the strike to Londonderry failed because of a lack of support for the Belfast workers. heh ;p Sux2bu belfast hi
"We were waiting for the first person to say they wished they had never done it, but that didn't happen," he [the producer] said.
Starts March 4th, BBC 2
Michael Stone still looks like a complete psycho tho :p
The postal strike thing may be getting somewhere, looks like Royal Mail may be giving in and giving them the independant review, tho apparently they're just *clarifying* an offer they made before...
The best bit tho is this - an attempt to widen the strike to Londonderry failed because of a lack of support for the Belfast workers. heh ;p Sux2bu belfast hi