Acting
Paddy Hill
Born — Died
1944-12-20 — 2024-12-23
Place of birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Paddy Hill spent 16 years in prison wrongly jailed following the Birmingham pub bombings and devoted the rest of his life to tirelessly campaigning on the part of wrongfully convicted prisoners.
Known for
7.0World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
World in Action
1963
A World in Action investigation into the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Someone who claims to have planted a bomb describes what happened.
An Explosion of Guilt
1990