Cultural References
On 28 March 1990, ITV broadcast the Granada Television documentary drama Who Bombed Birmingham?, which re-enacted the bombings. It was written by Rob Ritchie and directed by Mike Beckham, starring John Hurt as Mullin, Martin Shaw as World in Action producer Ian McBride, and Patrick Malahide as Michael Mansfield (QC).
Key elements of the novel The Rotters Club by Jonathan Coe involve the bombings.
A memorial to the victims of the bombings is in St. Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham.
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