Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History - Season 1
Season 1
Documentary series offering new insights into the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Episodes
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
Jennifer O'Leary uncovers IRA arms connections around the world and charts how republicans built a political strategy in parallel with their armed campaign.
Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
This episode traces how unionist anger grew as IRA attacks on the security forces killed members of their community.
Episode 6
An investigation into the murders of two young brothers uncovers secrets from the loyalist gang that carried out the attack.
Episode 7
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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