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Unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict in Northern Ireland, 25 years on.

Personal stories of conflict and peace. 25 years on from the end of the Troubles, those who lived through it share intimate, unheard testimonies - and reflect on its legacy.

Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict. From the makers of the award-winning series Once Upon a Time in Iraq.

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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: Series 1: Loose Talk Costs Lives

Loose Talk Costs Lives

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Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organisations.

Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organisations to gain intelligence. No-one can be trusted as fear and suspicion run rife.

By the late 1980s, the news in Northern Ireland is a daily list of the dead. But 14 bloody days in March 1988 mark a new level of harrowing savagery.

When a car reverses at speed into an IRA funeral cortege, mourners are convinced it’s another attack – a repeat of a grenade and gun strike by a lone loyalist that had killed three at an IRA funeral just days earlier. The car contains two British soldiers who are lynched and shot dead by a baying mob. The incident is captured on camera and becomes headline news.

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: Series 1

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Personal stories of conflict and peace. 25 years on from the end of The Troubles, those who lived through it share intimate, unheard testimonies - and reflect on its legacy.

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