Summary:
The five-part documentary series from James Bluemel features interviews with the people who lived through "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Two on 22 May 2023 and in the US on PBS on 28 Aug 2023]
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Two on 22 May 2023 and in the US on PBS on 28 Aug 2023]
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E5. Who Wants to Live Like That?
Air Date: June 19, 2023
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S1:E4. The Dirty War
Air Date: June 12, 2023
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S1:E3. So Many Broken Hearts
Air Date: June 5, 2023
The Observer (UK)
Sep 10, 2024
The Telegraph
Aug 29, 2023
The Times
Sep 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
The strength of the series lies in how it honors those who have come to talk about them. If not a full accounting of the era’s politics and atrocities, it offers something equally valuable, an anecdotally authoritative, emotional history, as its subjects grapple with who they were then from the standpoint of who they are now.
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Aug 29, 2023
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: August 28, 2023
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S1:E5. Who Wants to Live Like That?
Air Date: June 19, 2023
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S1:E4. The Dirty War
Air Date: June 12, 2023
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S1:E3. So Many Broken Hearts
Air Date: June 5, 2023
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S1:E2. Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night?
Air Date: May 29, 2023
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S1:E1. It Wasn't Like a Movie Anymore
Air Date: May 22, 2023
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Season 1 Overview