The Day the Troubles Began

The Day the Troubles Began

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One Northern Ireland | 2008 | 59'23''

Documentary looking back at the historic Civil Rights march in Derry that took place on October 5th, 1968. Featuring interviews with many of those...

Holy Cross (2003)

Holy Cross (2003)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2003 | 1'24'29''

A drama about sectarian hatred in Belfast, based on real events in 2001. Conflict arises when Catholic girls walk through a Protestant area to get to the H...

Hang Up Your Brightest Colours

Hang Up Your Brightest Colours

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 1'19'40''

Tonight sees the first network showing of a 1973 film by controversial director Kenneth Griffith, the actor who found a second career in docum...

Patrick Kielty: One Hundred Years of Union

Patrick Kielty: One Hundred Years of Union

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2021 | 58'03''

In its centenary year, Patrick Kielty discovers how the trauma of the past is shaping the future of Northern Ireland, and why some...

05: Agreement | Study Ireland History

05: Agreement | Study Ireland History

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two Northern Ireland | 1995 | 29'13''

The programme deals with the Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985 as a renewed effort to reconcile the two communities and to provide a framework...

04: Hunger Strike | Study Ireland History

04: Hunger Strike | Study Ireland History

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two Northern Ireland | 1995 | 29'13''

This programme deals with the impact of the hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981. It examines the reasons for the prison protes...

03: Ulster Worker’s Council Strike | Study Ireland History

03: Ulster Worker’s Council Strike | Study Ireland History

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two Northern Ireland | 1995 | 29'12''

This programme deals with the failure of the power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland in 1974. The s...

02: Civil Rights | Study Ireland History

02: Civil Rights | Study Ireland History

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two Northern Ireland | 1995 | 29'08''

This programme looks at discrimination, the emergence of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and the violence of the 1960s...

01: Separate Government | Study Ireland History

01: Separate Government | Study Ireland History

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two Northern Ireland | 1995 | 29'14''

This opening programme in the series traces the history of Northern Ireland from the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to the 19...

My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me

My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2018 | 58'36''

Documentary in which Patrick Kielty, whose father was murdered by paramilitary gunmen, returns home to explore the legacy of Northern Ireland's...

Bloody Sunday: Fifty Years On

Bloody Sunday: Fifty Years On

Conflict and Warfare | BBC News | 2022 | 22'48''

Fifty years ago this month, paratroopers shot dead 13 innocent civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. It is forever known as Bloody Sunday....

04: The Age of Union | Story of Ireland

04: The Age of Union | Story of Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2011 | 59'07''

In this edition he reveals how Ireland became part of the UK for the first time following the 1801 Act of Union. Presented by Fergal ...

Hooded Men – Britain’s Torture Playbook

Hooded Men – Britain’s Torture Playbook

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2023

In 1971, 14 men were tortured by the British state in NI. They became known as the Hooded Men. For 50 years they fought f...

Episode 2 | The Road to Partition

Episode 2 | The Road to Partition

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'02''

The second episode explores how political tensions and outbreaks of sectarian violence threatened to destabilise the new Northern Irish state.

Episode 1 | The Road to Partition

Episode 1 | The Road to Partition

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2021 | 58'52''

Documentary exploring the political brinkmanship and bitter communal violence that led to the partition of Ireland.

The Army in Ulster | Panorama

The Army in Ulster | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 1969 | 30'49''

In the first Panorama to be transmitted in color, Robin Day chairs a discussion on the current teacher's dispute and Julian Pettifer reports on...

Ulster Election | Panorama

Ulster Election | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 1969 | 52'54''

Robin Day reports from Northern Ireland on the 1969 General Election and whether or not Terence O'Neill can hold onto power at Stormont, or will l...

Northern Ireland | Panorama

Northern Ireland | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 1968 | 50'12''

Robin Day introduces a Panorama special on Northern Ireland in the wake of recent clashes between the police rival demonstrators, outlining the r...

Censorship in Ireland & Presidential Elections | Panorama

Censorship in Ireland & Presidential Elections | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 1965 | 51'26''

Panorama interviews church, political and literary leaders over the strict censorship laws in the Republic of ...

Inez: A Challenging Woman

Inez: A Challenging Woman

Citizenship | BBC One | 2015 | 28'43''

Award-winning documentary exploring the life of renowned Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights campaigner Inez McCormack.

Battle of the Bogside

Battle of the Bogside

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2004 | 57'15''

Investigates 'Battle of the Bogside', which involved clashes between disaffected Catholics and the RUC in Londonderry in August 1969. This led the Brit...

Ulster Strike | Midweek

Ulster Strike | Midweek

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One Northern Ireland | 1974 | 15'13''

Report by Tom Mangold from Northern Ireland on the strikes organised by the Ulster Workers Council against the Sunningdale Agreement.

03: Enemies | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

03: Enemies | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'31''

Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies, leading the country to war, taking the economic fight to her opponents in the trade uni...

S11E01: Brighton Bomb | Secret History

S11E01: Brighton Bomb | Secret History

Britain’s changing role in the world | Channel 4 | 2003 | 49'05''

What if Patrick Magee and his accomplices had succeeded and blown up Mrs. Thatcher?

01: Love Lies Bleeding | ScreenPlay

01: Love Lies Bleeding | ScreenPlay

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1993 | 1'28'16''

A Republican prisoner in Belfast's Maze Prison is released for 24 hours to help track the killers of his one-time girlfriend.

S05E10: 1999 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E10: 1999 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 28'48''

The full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement is stalled over the issue of decommissioning. The Ulster Unionist Party insists...

S05E09: 1996 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E09: 1996 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 28'55''

The peace process is stalled over the issue of decommissioning. In January, Senator George Mitchell's report recommends the beginnin...

S05E08: 1991 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E08: 1991 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 28'45''

The violence continues throughout the year. In February the IRA launch an attack on the cabinet when a mortar bomb explodes in the g...

S05E07: 1989 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E07: 1989 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 28'51''

The violence continues in Northern Ireland. February sees allegations of ‘state collusion' in the killing of solicitor Pat Finucane....

S05E06: 1986 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E06: 1986 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 29'07''

Unionist opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 continues. In January, 15 by-elections in Northern Ireland, caused by Union...

S05E05: 1983 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E05: 1983 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 28'58''

The NI Assembly continues to sit but remains without any powers due to a nationalist boycott. The year sees the beginning of the con...

S05E04: 1980 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E04: 1980 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 28'55''

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focuses on 1980. The government holds a constitutional conference in the hope of making progress...

S05E03: 1978 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E03: 1978 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 29'01''

The IRA are feeling the squeeze as secretary of state Roy Mason continues with a 'military solution' to the conflict. However, altho...

S05E02: 1975 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E02: 1975 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 28'57''

In January the IRA declare an 'indefinite ceasefire' and secret talks take place between the government and Sinn Fein. Unionists and...

S05E01: 1963-1968 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S05E01: 1963-1968 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2019 | 29'00''

When Terence O'Neill becomes the new prime minister of Northern Ireland, there is hope that sectarian tensions will reduce as h...

S04E08: 1995 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E08: 1995 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | 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 o...

S04E07: 1992 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E07: 1992 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | 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 f...

S04E06: 1990 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E06: 1990 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | 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-par...

S04E05: 1987 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E05: 1987 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2018 | 28'57''

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

S04E04: 1984 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E04: 1984 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | 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 mur...

S04E03: 1976 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E03: 1976 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | 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 st...

S04E02: 1973 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E02: 1973 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | 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 in...

S04E01: 1970 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S04E01: 1970 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2018 | 28'54''

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

S03E05: 1997 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S03E05: 1997 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2017 | 28'53''

This episode goes back to 1997, a year which begins with the IRA still waging a campaign of violence. The general election brings La...

S03E04: 1993 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S03E04: 1993 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2017 | 28'51''

This episode goes back to 1993, a year which sees John Hume and Gerry Adams involved in talks which could lead to an IRA ceasefire. ...

S03E03: 1988 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S03E03: 1988 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2017 | 28'51''

This episode goes back to 1988, a year which sees Anglo-Irish relations deteriorate in the wake of the Birmingham Six's failed appea...

S03E02: 1977 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S03E02: 1977 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2017 | 28'48''

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focusses on 1977: A year which sees the government confront and defeat a Loyalist strike led by ...

S03E01E1: 1972 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S03E01E1: 1972 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2017 | 28'50''

This week Pop Goes Northern Ireland focusses on 1972. A tumultuous year with the watershed events of Bloody Sunday and the imposit...