S3E3: 1988 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

This episode goes back to 1988, a year which sees Anglo-Irish relations deteriorate in the wake of the Birmingham Six's failed appeal. The situation is exacerbated by the shooting of Catholic man Aidan McAnespie by a soldier at a border checkpoint.

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S3E1: 1972 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

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