By the late 1980s, the news in Northern Ireland is a daily list of the dead. But 14 bloody days in March 1988 mark a new level of harrowing savagery.\n\nWhen a car reverses at speed into an IRA funeral cortege, mourners are convinced it’s another attack – a repeat of a grenade and gun strike by a lone loyalist that had killed three at an IRA funeral just days earlier. The car contains two British soldiers who are lynched and shot dead by a baying mob. The incident is captured on camera and becomes headline news.
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Series 1: 5. Who Wants To Live Like That?
There have been many false dawns in the conflict, but finally the desire for change propels the possibility of peace for the next generation.\n\nAt times, it seems that violence ...
30-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 4. Loose Talk Costs Lives
By the late 1980s, the news in Northern Ireland is a daily list of the dead. But 14 bloody days in March 1988 mark a new level of harrowing savagery.\n\nWhen a car reverses at s ...
23-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 3. So Many Broken Hearts
The devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher's policies. ...
16-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 2. Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake At Night?
It's 1972, and community divisions have deepened and intensified. Many working-class Catholic and Protestant communities are in the grip of paramilitary organisations. This epis ...
09-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 1. It Wasn’t Like A Movie Anymore
A time of relative peace in Northern Ireland escalates to full-blown conflict.\n\nWith the situation compounded by tactical mistakes, soldiers quickly find themselves caught up ...
02-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 1. It Wasn’t Like A Movie Anymore
A time of relative peace in Northern Ireland escalates to full-blown conflict.\n\nWith the situation compounded by tactical mistakes, soldiers quickly find themselves caught up ...
02-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 5. Who Wants To Live Like That?
There have been many false dawns in the conflict, but finally the desire for change propels the possibility of peace for the next generation.\n\nAt times, it seems that violence ...
30-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 2. Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake At Night?
It's 1972, and community divisions have deepened and intensified. Many working-class Catholic and Protestant communities are in the grip of paramilitary organisations. This epis ...
09-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 4. Loose Talk Costs Lives
By the late 1980s, the news in Northern Ireland is a daily list of the dead. But 14 bloody days in March 1988 mark a new level of harrowing savagery.\n\nWhen a car reverses at s ...
23-06-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: 3. So Many Broken Hearts
The devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher's policies. ...
16-06-2023
BBC 2