Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

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  • BBC Four
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  • Documentary Mini-series

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Episode 1
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Fifty years after troops were sent onto the streets of Northern Ireland, a leading team of investigative journalists uncover secrets about the decades-long conflict that claimed more .. show full overview
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Episode 2
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Reporter Darragh MacIntyre finds the IRA anticipating that 1972 would be their `year of victory’, only to be countered by a massive British military response in the midst of what became .. show full overview
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When Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street in 1979, she was confronted by an IRA prepared to conduct a long war of attrition against Britain. Jennifer O’Leary discovers arms .. show full overview
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Episode 4
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New revelations about how agents of British intelligence infiltrated the Irish Republican Army. By 1979, the British security forces believed the IRA had become so security conscious .. show full overview
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Episode 5
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New revelations about the Northern Ireland conflict from a leading team of investigative journalists. Episode five traces how unionist anger grew as IRA attacks on the security forces .. show full overview
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Episode 6
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An investigation into the murders of two young brothers uncovers secrets from the loyalist gang that carried out the attack.
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Episode 7
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The inside story of how the Troubles ended told by those who fought the IRA's war and by those at the heart of peace efforts.