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....

4: The Age of Union | Story of Ireland

4: 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 K...

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.

3: Enemies | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

3: 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 unio...

S11E1: Brighton Bomb | Secret History

S11E1: 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?

1: Love Lies Bleeding | ScreenPlay

1: 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.

S5E10: 1999 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E10: 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 ...

S5E9: 1996 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E9: 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 beginning ...

S5E8: 1991 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E8: 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 gar...

S5E7: 1989 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E7: 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. I...

S5E6: 1986 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E6: 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 Unionis...

S5E5: 1983 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E5: 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 contr...

S5E4: 1980 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E4: 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 o...

S5E3: 1978 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E3: 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, althoug...

S5E2: 1975 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E2: 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 l...

S5E1: 1963-1968 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S5E1: 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 he ...

S4E8: 1995 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E8: 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 of ...

S4E7: 1992 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E7: 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 fol...

S4E6: 1990 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E6: 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-party...

S4E5: 1987 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E5: 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 a ...

S4E4: 1984 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E4: 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 murde...

S4E3: 1976 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E3: 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 star...

S4E2: 1973 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E2: 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 incr...

S4E1: 1970 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S4E1: 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.

S3E5: 1997 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S3E5: 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 Labo...

S3E4: 1993 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S3E4: 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. Me...

S3E3: 1988 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S3E3: 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 appeal....

S3E2: 1977 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S3E2: 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 Ia...

S3E1: 1972 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S3E1: 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 imposition ...

S2E5: 2002 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S2E5: 2002 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2016 | 28'45''

This episode focuses on 2002: the year when the fragile peace process is put under strain after a break in at Castlereagh police stati...

S2E4: 1998 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S2E4: 1998 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2016 | 28'52''

This episode focuses on 1998: the year when the peace process comes to fruition with the Good Friday Agreement but the DUP are set aga...

S2E3: 1982 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S2E3: 1982 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2016 | 28'47''

This episode focuses on 1982: the year when Jim Prior's political initiative Rolling Devolution brings surprising electoral success fo...

S2E2: 1979 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S2E2: 1979 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2016 | 28'55''

This episode focuses on 1979: the year when Northern Irish politicians played a crucial role in bringing Margaret Thatcher to power, t...

S2E1: 1971 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S2E1: 1971 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2016 | 28'55''

This episode focuses on 1971. Events take a darker turn when the first British soldiers die in the Troubles, Brian Faulkner becomes pr...

S1E5: 1994 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S1E5: 1994 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2010 | 28'46''

Where did you come from? Where did you go? The year of the first IRA ceasefire.

S1E4: 1985 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S1E4: 1985 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2010 | 28'51''

We're on the road to nowhere. From the Anglo-Irish agreement to the Ulster Says No campaign.

S1E3: 1981 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S1E3: 1981 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2010 | 29'04''

Whats-a-matter-you? DeLorean, the hunger strike and the Third Force.

S1E2: 1974 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S1E2: 1974 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2010 | 28'37''

This town ain't big enough for both of us. From power sharing to power cuts.

S1E1: 1969 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

S1E1: 1969 | Pop Goes Northern Ireland

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2010 | 28'59''

A bad moon arisin - from Civil Rights to the outbreak of the Troubles.