Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

Season 1 Episode 7: Episode 7

Oct 22, 2019 NR 1h 8.7

How the UK government policy changed, from seeking to destroy the IRA to bringing it to peace. And how secret talks, doublespeak and smart tactical maneuvering ensured that Gerry Adams was able to persuade the IRA to go with the deal. In...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Aired: Sep 10, 2019

The Spotlight team traces how, in the 1960s, suspicion led to unrest between ...

Episode 2 Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Aired: Sep 17, 2019

The IRA anticipated that 1972 would be their 'year of victory', only to be co...

Episode 3 Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Aired: Sep 24, 2019

When Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street in 1979, she was confronted by ...

Episode 4 Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Aired: Oct 1, 2019

At the end of the Seventies, the IRA built its own internal security system t...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Oct 8, 2019

Traces how unionist anger grew as IRA attacks on the security forces killed m...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Oct 15, 2019

Loyalists killed more people than the IRA in the closing years of the Trouble...

Episode 7 Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Aired: Oct 22, 2019

How the UK government policy changed, from seeking to destroy the IRA to brin...


Info about Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Four

Production Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

Genres: Documentary