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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

Last on

Fri 24 May 2013 01:10

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Role Contributor
Reporter Peter Marshall
Producer Stephen Scott
Producer Alistair Jackson
Editor Tom Giles

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