About this title

Country: United Kingdom

Type: unscripted

Status: Ended

Language: English

Release Date: January 5, 1981

Also Known As: The Troubles

Genres

Plot Keywords

irish-history
ireland
the-troubles
northern-ireland
united-kingdom
armed-conflict
british-loyalist
reference-to-civil-war
threat-of-war
british-irish-relations
irish-nationalist
british-rule
british-colonialism
derry-ireland
reference-to-the-easter-rising
anglo-irish-relations
religious-discrimination
armed-rebellion
reference-to-king-james-ii-of-england
catholicism-vs-protestantism
british-imperialism
settlers
anglo-irish-ascendancy
reference-to-gerry-adams
ulster
anti-catholic-persecution
british-history
land-theft
battle-of-the-boyne
protestantism
belfast
history-documentary
land-ownership
british-colony
reference-to-oliver-cromwell
ulster-ireland
english-colony
catholic-vs.-protestant
reference-to-the-catholic-church
land-conflict
belfast-northern-ireland
colonisation
reference-to-william-iii-of-orange
british-army
civil-disorder
1981
european-history
reference-to-wolfe-tone
rebellion
reference-to-world-war-i
irish-potato-famine
reference-to-the-irish-potato-famine
prisoner-on-hunger-strike
ulster-volunteer-force
reference-to-sinn-fein
reference-to-the-ira
1920s
reference-to-the-battle-of-the-somme
reference-to-british-conservative-party
reference-to-world-war-one
political-hunger-strike
empire
reference-to-charles-stewart-parnell
reference-to-a-hunger-strike
dublin-ireland
home-rule
reference-to-an-execution
black-and-tans
reference-to-patrick-pearse
british-empire
reference-to-the-industrial-revolution
irish-republican-army
independence
small-nation
island-nation
guerrilla-tactics
reference-to-martyrdom
royal-irish-constabulary
irish-rebellion
executions
signed-with-own-blood
1910s
countries
nationality
political-discrimination
19th-century-history
internment
british-parliament
institutional-discrimination
partition
divided-country
royal-ulster-constabulary
united-ireland-aka-irish-reunification
reference-to-eamon-de-valera
sectarian-divide
partition-of-ireland
guerilla-war
20th-century-history
repressive-government
minority-discrimination
rioting
1971
political-unrest
ballymurphy-massacre
civil-rights-march
guerrilla-army
prejudice
social-documentary
stormont-belfast
politics-documentary
provisional-irish-republican-army
reference-to-john-hume
employment-discrimination
police-violence
army-vs-civilians
rubber-bullet
reference-to-bloody-sunday
civilian-massacre
parachute-regiment
excessive-force
bloody-sunday
provisional-ira
massacre
car-bomb
reference-to-ian-paisley
massacre-of-civilians
army-opens-fire-on-civilians
1972
1960s
derry
civil-rights-movement
police-brutality
self-governance
bernadette-devlin
voting-rights
protest-march
irish-republicanism
housing-discrimination
ira
ulster-defence-association
power-sharing
hunger-strike
political-prisoner
theocratic-government

Company Credits

Production Co: Thames Television

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

1981 | 7 Episodes

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