Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland TV Schedule
Find out what time Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is on TV tonight and this week at the UK TV Listings Guide.
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):
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Mon 26
It Wasn't Like a Movie Anymore — Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
Stories of the Troubles from people on all sides of the conflict, beginning by looking at how the situation in Northern Ireland in the late-1960s deteriorated from a time of relative peace. As the civil rights movement gained pace, demanding equal rights for Catholics, the Provisional IRA came to the fore, causing the British Army to be deployed. With the situation compounded by tactical mistakes, soldiers quickly found themselves caught up in violent clashes - leading to 13 unarmed Catholics being shot dead by British paratroopers in Derry on what becomes known as Bloody Sunday
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Tue 27
Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night? — Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
A look at the growth of paramilitary organisations in the early 1970s, with killings, explosions, intimidation and street disorder becoming widespread - with devastating and often lasting effects. Coercive control, intimidation, beatings and executions were part of how these groups operated in their different communities, a world in which people could be 'disappeared'', never to be found for decades afterwards
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Wed 28
So Many Broken Hearts — Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
The devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women, as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher's policies. Tit for tat killings, car bombs and assassinations became commonplace in Northern Ireland and fatigue from a population desperate for a respite from the cycle of violence creeps in
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Thu 29
Loose Talk Costs Lives — Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
A look at how the conflict became an intelligence war, as the police and the army made efforts to infiltrate paramilitary organisations and recruit informers. Teenager Annmarie reveals how a loyalist gun attack at a funeral in Milltown Cemetery in West Belfast in 1988 prompted her to plant firebombs in city centre shops, primed to explode at night. She then became caught up in an intelligence web of informers and interrogation.
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Fri 30
Who Wants to Live Like That? — Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
A look at how after decades of violence a breakthrough was reached in the form of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, after years of talks at government level and with the intervention of US president Bill Clinton. The programme also examines the legacy of the Troubles, with its effects on victims and survivors being lasting and significant
