TV series

The Troubles: A Secret History
2019 · 1 season
A sober, meticulous investigative series that unearths painful history through testimony and archive, demanding close attention and leaving a heavy, lingering unease.
- Created by
- Maurice May
- Genres
- Documentary, War & politics, News
- Starring
- Jennifer O'Leary, Mandy McAuley, Darragh MacIntyre
- Overview
- In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight - Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists - reveal important new discoveries about the conflict known as the Troubles, in the 50th anniversary of the deployment of British troops to Northern Ireland.
- How it feels
- Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
- About
- War, violence, politics, justice
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Maurice May
- Genres
- Documentary, War & politics, News
- Starring
- Jennifer O'Leary, Mandy McAuley, Darragh MacIntyre


