The Deadly Fire That Was Broadcast on British Television | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary covers the Bradford City stadium fire of 1985 - a deadly fire that was caught on camera, then broadcast on British television...

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*CHAPTERS:* 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 01:05 - Background
► 04:27 - The Bradford City Stadium Fire
► 12:11 - The Aftermath

*MUSIC:* 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

*SOURCES:* 📑
► "Witnesses to Bradford City stadium fire recall horror 40 years on" published by ITV, May 2025. Link: https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2025-05-09/it-went-from-boring-to-horror-in-seconds
► "Bradford City FC stadium fire | 11th May 1985" published by the Fire Brigades Union. Link: https://www.fbu.org.uk/history/bradford-city-fc-stadium-fire
► "Commentator John Helm on his memories of Valley Parade fire" by Simon Parker, published by the Telegraph and Argus, May 2025. Link: https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/25149621.commentator-john-helm-memories-valley-parade-fire/
► The Popplewell Inquiry Interim Report, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, July 1985. Available via: https://bradfordcityfire.co.uk/2012/09/popplewell-inquiry-interim-report-bradford-city-fire.pdf
► "Ten research innovations and inventions from the University of Bradford, 1966-present" published by the University of Bradford. Link: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/research/impact/ten-inventions/
► "Fifty-Six: The Story of the Bradford Fire" by Martin Fletcher, published by Bloomsbury, April 2015. More info: https://www.google.dk/books/edition/Fifty_Six/ofEkEAAAQBAJ

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