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Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

2019TV Series
Documentary
8.6
IMDB Rating
237 votes

Northern Ireland's descent into late 1960s violence, the British Government's response, the rise of the Provisional IRA, alleged security force-loyalist paramilitary collusion, and the arduous journey to peace after almost 3,000 d...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Darragh MacIntyre, Jennifer O'Leary, Mandy McAuley
Release Date
September 10, 2019
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Darragh MacIntyre
as Self - Reporter
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Jennifer O'Leary
as Self - Reporter
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Mandy McAuley
as Self - Reporter
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Des Long
as Self
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John Chilcot
as Self
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
as Self
Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley
as Self
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Martin McGuinness
as Self
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Kieran Conway
as Self
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Anthony McIntyre
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
BBC TV

🎯 Categories

Documentary

⭐ Featured Review

Investigative journalism at its best
by carokali2019-11-02
10/10

"Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History, goes the extra mile to serve the public in its search for truth about the thirty years of conflict in Northern Ireland, ending, officially anyway, with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The journalists unearth new information on both sides of the divide. They earn the trust of both victims and perpetrators. They get out of the way of agents and viewers to aid recognition of the turmoil that rocked the region and the enormity of involvement by special powerful interests. This excellent series should compel a number of additional loose threads to b..."

📖 Synopsis

Northern Ireland's descent into late 1960s violence, the British Government's response, the rise of the Provisional IRA, alleged security force-loyalist paramilitary collusion, and the arduous journey to peace after almost 3,000 d...