Assume Nothing: The Handler – A Matter of Life and Death

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1971: James sees an opportunity to recruit a key informer when a young IRA volunteer is arrested on a burglary charge.

Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles. James (not his real name) runs a network of informers and sources operating along the border area of South Down and South Armagh during the worst years of violence. For both handler and source, it’s a matter of life and death. Some names, dates and details have been changed to protect the living.

Episode 1: The First Good Source

James sees an opportunity when a young IRA volunteer is arrested on a burglary charge. Working together, they are soon disrupting IRA activity – but it’s a high stakes game, and the informer’s life is soon in grave danger. 

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James – Jonathan Harden
Interviewer – Michael Patrick
Source – Marty Maguire
Military Intelligence Officer – Paul Mallon
Army Radio Voice – Marty Maguire

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Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer operating at the outset of the Troubles.

Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

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