S4E3: 1976 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1976. This is one of the worst years of violence during the Troubles, and the year starts with a litany of sectarian assassinations, most notably the Kingsmill Massacre.

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S4E1: 1970 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E1: 1970 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'54''

The "honeymoon period" the army enjoyed with the Catholic community begins to sour as sectarian tensions rise.

S4E2: 1973 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E2: 1973 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'55''

This episode of Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1973. Northern Ireland is suffering unrelenting violence and the UDA becomes incr...

S4E3: 1976 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E3: 1976 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'56''

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1976. This is one of the worst years of violence during the Troubles, and the year star...

S4E4: 1984 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E4: 1984 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'58''

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1984. The violence continues across Northern Ireland and March sees the attempted murde...

S4E5: 1987 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E5: 1987 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'57''

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1987. Unionists continue their campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement, launching a ...

S4E6: 1990 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E6: 1990 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'58''

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1990. The year starts with secretary of state for NI Peter Brooke calling for all-party...

S4E7: 1992 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E7: 1992 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'56''

This episode focuses on 1992. The year starts badly when an IRA bomb kills seven protestant builders at Teebane crossroads. In the fol...

S4E8: 1995 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E8: 1995 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

BBC Two | 2018 | 28'54''

This episode focuses on 1995. The IRA and Loyalist ceasefires are still in place but the "peace process" is stalled over the issue of ...
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