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TV tonight: how the Dunblane massacre led Britain to ban handguns | Television

Suhas Bhokare1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns 9pm, BBC TwoA former PE trainer talks with startling calmness as she opens this documentary by recalling 13 March 1996, the day a gunman entered a Dunblane main faculty health club and quickly fired at the adults and youngsters there. It stays the deadliest firearms atrocity in the UK. Parents…

TV tonight: moving film about the Dunblane massacre 30 years on | Television

Suhas Bhokare2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

The Dunblane Tapes 9pm, Channel 4March marks the thirtieth anniversary of the murders of 16 youngsters and one instructor at Dunblane main college. This moving documentary explores the day and its aftermath, when dad and mom campaigned for the banning of handguns for personal use in the UK. It’s a constructive coda, however the horror…