The War Next Door: Scotland and the Troubles

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The War Next Door: Scotland and the Troubles: Series 1: Episode 2

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From Dumfries and Galloway to Shetland, this episode includes some surprising stories.

From an IRA bomb on Shetland to a plastic bullets factory in Sanquhar, this episode takes a broad look at Scotland and the Troubles, told by the people who were there.

In the second of two episodes, the IRA attack Shetland, a major bombing campaign is planned from Glasgow, campaigners in Dumfries and Galloway protest against the manufacture of plastic bullets and Scottish soldiers reflect on their experience of the Warrenpoint bomb and the 1981 hunger strike.

The War Next Door: Scotland and the Troubles: Series 1

A BBC TV channel for Scotland which will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland


Two-part series remembering those Scots who were involved in the Troubles.

Two-part series remembering those Scots who were involved in the Troubles, with frank opinions and moving memories.

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