BBC Radio 4
The Disappeared
13 July 2011
Produced by Rachel Hooper
In this feature we explore eighty year old Margaret
McKinney's efforts to recover the last remaining bodies of 'the disappeared', men - including her own son Brian - who were abducted and murdered by the IRA during some of the darker episodes of 'the Troubles'.
You can read an article written by the presenter of the programme, Andy Martin, on BBC News Online here:www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14079219
Press
"Andrew Martin's report was a powerful listen – I was moved to tears – full of heartbreaking details"
Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian, 14.07.11
"This sensitively-made feature asks Margaret and her daughter to voice their change in feelings from Brian's disappearance, through the discovery of his body, right up to their decision to build new lives in Yorkshire."
Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 9th July 2011
"A piercing documentary"
Gillian Reynolds, The Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2011
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