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Merlyn Merlyn-Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, PC was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992. He served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home Secretary.
In the latest how-to-do-it guide, Michael Cockerell films behind the scenes in the normally secretive Home Office. As well as crime, prisons and MI5, the Home Secretary is responsible for nudist beaches, mad dogs and massage parlours. Jack Straw and his predecessors talk candidly about the Cabinet's most dangerous and fascinating job.
An investigation into car bombings in Dublin and Monaghan on 17th May 1974.
