Audio interview with Patricia McVeigh, daughter of Troubles victim, and Richard Kemp, former Commanding Officer in the Anglian Regiment of the British Army, by John Humphrys for BBC Radio 4 Today on 21 November 2013. In a BBC Panorama documentary to be broadcast later that night former members of a specially formed unit within the British Army, the MRF, admitted to shooting unarmed civilians in the early 1970s as part of their search for IRA targets. One day previously John Larkin, Northern Ireland Attorney-General, had suggested that an end be brought to all prosecutions, inquests and public enquiries related to the Troubles. McVeigh and Kemp discuss the Panorama documentary. Today is BBC Radio 4’s flagship news and current affairs programme.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 21 November 2013
Name of First Interviewee: Patricia McVeigh
Name of Second Interviewee: Richard Kemp
Role at time of Interview: Patricia McVeigh (daughter of Troubles victim), Richard Kemp (former Commanding Officer in the Anglian Regiment of the British Army)
Interviewer: John Humphrys
Purpose: News
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio 4 Today
Time Period covered: 1970-2013
Key Individuals: Patricia McVeigh, Padraig O’Muirigh, John McVeigh, John Ware, Ernest Drew, John Larkin
Key Words: Military Reaction Force, British Army, media, IRA, intelligence, Haass talks, legacy, disappeared