Talk:Shoot to Kill (1990 film)

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A fact from Shoot to Kill (1990 film) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 April 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Shoot to Kill (1990) had to be made as a drama documentary because many of its subjects had either been shot by the RUC, given new identities, or forbidden to talk by the Official Secrets Act?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/April.

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Text of the article currently reflects coverage that I have found from The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Observer and Daily Express, online digital versions of which were accessible with a local public library card. Also Time Out, which was available in hard copy. TV Times for the week in question did not feature a separate article on the programme, only a short listings description and cast list.

So far I have not looked at the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Independent or Daily Mail; it is possible these may only be available in hard copy at the British Library newspaper store at Colindale. It is also possible/likely that there may have coverage in the weeklies: The Listener, Spectator, New Statesman, New Society, City Limits etc. This I have not been able to check.

I have also not checked Dave Rolinson's paper, which may have additional critical commentary.

The drama itself, as discussed in the article, has never been re-shown nor issued on VHS or DVD. However, I understand that a home off-the-air video taping may at times have surfaced to those prepared to use torrent software; what may be the same recording also currently appears to be uploaded to YouTube in 17 parts. With the death of Sir John Hermon in 2008 a commercial release or re-showing may no longer legally be so absolutely impossible as it once was; but it is probably still highly unlikely. Jheald (talk) 11:28, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The BFI is mounting a season of my work in November and there is a plan to try to include Shoot to Kill in the list of offerings. Peter Kosminsky (talk) 11:51, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]