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Ireland: A Television History

on BBC Two England

Last in a series of 13 programmes Written and presented by Robert Kee
Prisoners of History
The final programme in this award-winning series, remade and updated in the light of recent events.
Ireland's past has formed Ireland's and Northern Ireland's-present. Eire still seeks the unity of all Ireland; the Protestant North still resists; Catholics in Northern Ireland are still disaffected; Britain is still involved. Over a decade of violence, in which more than 2,200 have been killed, has only hardened attitudes, though politicians still work for a union of hearts and minds, or at least agreement to differ and live in 'peace. There are few signs of movement. Both in the heartland of the Northern Protestant majority and in the Catholic communities they surround, there are those who see themselves as prisoners of history. Need they always remain so? Producer JEREMY ISAACS

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Presented By:
Robert Kee
Producer:
Jeremy Isaacs

BBC Two England

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