The Troubles: A Secret History

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  1. Episode 1

  60m

  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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  2. Episode 2

  60m

  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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  3. Episode 3

  60m

  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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  4. Episode 4

  60m

  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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  5. Episode 5

  60m

  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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  6. Episode 6

  60m

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

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  7. Episode 7

  60m

  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.

• 8. Behind The Scenes

  60m

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

Cast

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Jennifer O'Leary

Herself - Reporter

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Mandy McAuley

Herself - Reporter

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Darragh MacIntyre

Himself - Reporter

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Gerry Adams

Self (archive footage)

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Martin McGuinness

Self (archive footage)

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Ian Paisley

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Harold Wilson

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Seanna Walsh

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Seán Donlon

Self - Diplomat

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Edward Daly

Self (archive footage)

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Eamonn McCann

Self