Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

2019

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EP1 Episode 1 Sep 10, 2019

Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists reveal important new discoveries about the outbreak of the conflict known as the Troubles, 50 years after troops were deployed.

EP2 Episode 2 Sep 17, 2019

New revelations about how the IRA went from anticipating victory to fighting a bloody, long war against Britain, with Gerry Adams emerging as the republican leader of his time.

EP3 Episode 3 Sep 24, 2019

Jennifer O’Leary uncovers IRA arms connections around the world and charts how republicans built a political strategy in parallel with their armed campaign.

EP4 Episode 4 Oct 01, 2019

At the end of the Seventies, the IRA built its own internal security system to root out informers. But British intelligence found a fatal flaw that unlocked many of the IRA’s secrets.

EP5 Episode 5 Oct 08, 2019

Unionist anger grew as IRA attacks on the security forces killed members of their community. When Margaret Thatcher signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985, giving the Republic of Ireland political influence in the North, the anger spilled over leading to loyalist groups rearming. Using intelligence leaks to boost their campaign of killing, new information reveals MI5 agents operating inside the largest loyalist group, the Ulster Defence Association.

EP6 Episode 6 Oct 15, 2019

An investigation into the murders of two young brothers uncovers secrets from the loyalist gang that carried out the attack.

EP7 Episode 7 Oct 22, 2019

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.
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Released: 10 September 2019 Returning Series
Producted By: BBC Northern Ireland
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Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008yrj
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In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight - Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists - reveal important new discoveries about the conflict known as the Troubles, in the 50th anniversary of the deployment of British troops to Northern Ireland.

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