Episode 4 | Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History
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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- Clip length: 59'25''
- Broadcast year: 2019
- History | The Irish Troubles
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History
- Episode: 4
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A look back at at the inter war years and the events leading up to the Second World War. The programme also examines the diplomatic efforts the avert war, such as appeasement of Germany and Italy.
Episode 4 | Roots
After 20 years in England, Chicken George makes his way back to America and reaches Tom Lea's farm, where he hopes to be reunited with his family. But tracking down his long-lost relations and making up for lost time won't be easy. Meanwhile, the American Civil War breaks out and lines are drawn.