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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2023 - 0
Episode 1
It Wasn't Like a Movie Anymore
Mon, May 22, 2023 75 mins
Exploring how ordinary people became caught up in "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland as events progress from protests and rioting to full-blown violence. When tensions between Catholic and Protestant communities explode, the British Army is deployed.
Episode 2
Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night?
Mon, May 29, 2023 60 mins
A look at the growth of paramilitary organizations 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.
Episode 3
So Many Broken Hearts
Mon, Jun 5, 2023 60 mins
Three women's experiences provide insight into the consequences of the IRA hunger strike.
Episode 4
The Dirty War
Mon, Jun 12, 2023 60 mins
Discover how tensions increase in the late 1980s as police enter paramilitary organizations.
Episode 5
Who Wants to Live Like That?
Mon, Jun 19, 2023 65 mins
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.
