as was the norm for controversial programmes at the time, the second part was followed by a half-hour studio discussion called "shoot to kill: the issues". chaired by olivia o'leary, the regular presenter of "first tuesday", the discussion featured kosminsky with the mps ian gow of the conservative party (assassinated by the provisional ira two months later), seamus mallon of the sdlp, and david trimble of the ulster unionist party, along with larry cox of amnesty international. sir john hermon was also invited to take part, but declined. trimble particularly objected to a rhetorical line that what had been going on was "not "dixon of dock green" − it's more like some death squad out of a banana republic", said by stalker in the film, apparently for the benefit of the ruc eavesdroppers who were listening in. gow and trimble also charged that viewers would be left not knowing what had been real and what had been invented. kosminsky retorted that there was "absolutely nothing" in the film that didn't happen, and was backed up as to its general veracity by mallon and cox.