Film

Death on the Rock

1988 · 45m

Documentary which examined the killing of three Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) members in Gibraltar in March 1988 by the British Special Air Service (codenamed "Operation Flavius"). "Death on the Rock" presented evidence that the IRA members were shot without warning or with their hands up. It was condemned by the British government and denounced in the press as sensationalist. After one of its witnesses retracted his statement, "Death on the Rock" became the first individual documentary to be the subject of an independent inquiry, in which it was largely vindicated.

Jonathan Dimbleby

Self - Presenter

• Roger BoltonProducer

Release date

April 28, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

45m