Squaddies on the Frontline

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Documentaries on the bus drivers, nurses and squaddies during The Troubles.

Documentaries on the bus drivers, nurses and squaddies during The Troubles. Plus  a look at a controversial series of adverts produced by the Northern Ireland Office during the last 10 years of the Troubles.

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BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

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Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

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Vinny Cunningham

John Peto

Justin Binding

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On the Frontline: Squaddies on the Frontline

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21/02/2018

BBC One - On the Frontline, Squaddies on the Frontline

The experiences of some British soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland during the Troubles

The experiences of some of the over 250,000 British soldiers who were stationed in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 2007, serving in 'Operation Banner'.

Squaddies on the Frontline tells the story of the British Army's experience of the Northern Ireland conflict through the eyes of the ordinary men and women that soldiered here. For almost 40 years between 1969 and 2007, a total of over a quarter-of-a-million soldiers served on the streets of Northern Ireland in 'Operation Banner', the British Army's longest ever operation. These men and women were at the heart of the key events of the conflict, with over 700 soldiers killed and more than 6,000 injured, and a further 305 deaths attributed to them. Squaddies on the Frontline is their story, taking viewers into the heart of 'Operation Banner' and the day-to-day realities of life and work here as a soldier through some of the toughest years of the Troubles, looking at the impact that it had, and continues to have, on their lives and the lives of those around them, both here in Northern Ireland and beyond.

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