The Guildford Four
How did the Guildford Four become victims of injustice?
4.7 (29)
83 mins
Explore how four innocent people were convicted after the 1974 Guildford pub bombings based on false confessions and flawed investigations. Discover how years of legal battles exposed one of Britain's most infamous miscarriages of justice.
Ep 1:
The Bomb Under the Table
A pub bombing in a sleepy English town leaves five dead and fifty wounded—and sets in motion Britain's deepest colonial fears, priming a justice system to find someone, anyone, guilty.
Ep 2:
Four Lives the IRA Never Touched
Meet Gerry, Paul, Paddy, and Carol—petty thieves, drifters, and a seventeen-year-old vegetarian—wildly unlikely bombers about to be turned into the nation's most wanted terrorists.
Discussions (5)
Steve
Level 10 · 1 mo agoGiuseppe came to find a lawyer and never went home. The system looked at that and went 'yeah that tracks, guilty' 💀
Freya
Level 2 · 1 mo agoPACE passed in 1984, they stayed locked up 5 more years
Wally
Level 8 · 1 mo agoThe Balcombe Street Gang did confess in open court to Guildford and Woolwich. O'Connell explicitly named all four and the court still called it a cunning deception. That's documented.
