The Troubles: A Secret History

Season 1

8 episodes · Sep 10, 2019

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  • Episode 1
    S1E1

    Episode 1

    Sep 10, 201960m

    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.

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  • Episode 2
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    Episode 2

    Sep 17, 201960m

    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.

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  • Episode 3
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    Episode 3

    Sep 24, 201960m

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

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  • Episode 4
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    Episode 4

    Oct 1, 201960m

    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.

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  • Episode 5
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    Episode 5

    Oct 8, 201960m

    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.

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  • Episode 6
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    Episode 6

    Oct 15, 201960m

    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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    Episode 7

    Oct 22, 201960m

    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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  • S1E8

    Behind The Scenes

    Oct 24, 201960m

    A behind-the-scenes look at how investigative journalists in Northern Ireland track down stories, uncover secret papers and persuade people to speak out.

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