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Title:Hole in Babylon, A
Director 1:Horace Ové
Country:UK
Year:1979
length:66 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:TV drama
Screenwriter:Horace Ové, Jim Hawkins
Cinematographer:Kenneth MacMillan
Editor:Tony Woollard
Producer:Graham Benson
Production company:BBC TV
Cast:T-Bone Wilson, Trevor Thomas, Archie Pool
Location:TABB
TABB No.:36
Synopsis:The TV drama recounts the true story of the Spaghetti House Siege, an armed robbery by three black men who held hostages at an Italian restaurant in London in 1975. In flashbacks we learn about the background and lives of these men and the events leading up to the siege.
Keyword 1:prison
Keyword 2:police
Keyword 3:violence
Keyword 4:black
Keyword 5:London
Keyword 6:cultural identity
Keyword 7:community
Keyword 8:1970s
Text Reference 1:Going to Meet the Man

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