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Hillsborough - How They Buried the Truth

A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain's worst football disaster.

A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain's worst football disaster.

Never-before-broadcast footage of the FA Cup semi-final in which 96 Liverpool fans died reveals a catastrophic failure by the emergency services, how lives might have been saved and how subsequent inquiries were misled.

And a former home secretary and former police chiefs are put on the spot about why a succession of official investigations left the truth hidden for a generation.

1 hour

Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterPeter Marshall
ProducerStephen Scott
ProducerAlistair Jackson
EditorTom Giles

Broadcasts

  • Mon 20 May 201321:00
  • Mon 20 May 201322:35
  • Thu 23 May 201304:30
  • Fri 24 May 201301:10