BBC Northwest Tonight report on Peterloo Commemoration, 16th August 2013
Channel: Peterloo200
Date: 2013-08-17

A BBC Northwest Tonight report on Peterloo Commemoration, 16th August 2013, by Stewart Flinders. The actress, Maxine Peake, was invited to read out the names of those killed on 16th August 1819. The Peterloo Memorial Campaign organised the commemoration, and the report makes no mention of the campaign's aim to build a memorial in Manchester to commemorate the martyrs of Peterloo, despite interviews being conducted on the day