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Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2019 (90 min)

Episode 1

Northern Ireland's leading team of investigative journalists reveal important new discoveries about the outbreak of the conflict known as the Troubles, 50 years after troops were deployed.

Episode 2

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2019

Episode 2

New revelations about how the IRA went from anticipating victory to fighting a bloody, long war against Britain, with Gerry Adams emerging as the republican leader of his time.

Episode 3

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2019

Episode 3

Jennifer O'Leary uncovers IRA arms connections around the world and charts how republicans built a political strategy in parallel with their armed campaign.

Episode 4

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2019

Episode 4

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.

Episode 5

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2019

Episode 5

This episode traces how unionist anger grew as IRA attacks on the security forces killed members of their community.

Episode 6

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2019

Episode 6

An investigation into the murders of two young brothers uncovers secrets from the loyalist gang that carried out the attack.

Episode 7

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2019

Episode 7

The inside story of how the Troubles ended, told by those who fought the IRA's war and by those at the heart of peace efforts.

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