Introduction

Documentary series offering new insights into the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Outline Series 01, Episode 04

New revelations about how agents of British intelligence infiltrated the Irish Republican Army.

By 1979, the British security forces believed the IRA had become so security conscious that they were impossible to penetrate. But reporter Jennifer O’Leary reveals how one weakness in the IRA’s internal security was exploited to unlock many of the group’s secrets.

She charts how Britain used informers and combined that advantage in secret intelligence with the use of special forces to take on one of the IRA’s deadliest units – a strategy that culminated with the Loughgall ambush, when the SAS killed eight IRA men attacking a police station. The programme shows that the aftermath of the attack only made the IRA’s informer problem worse.

The Troubles – A Secret History Series

• Episode 01.
• Episode 02.
• Episode 03.
• Episode 04.
• Episode 05.
• Episode 06.
• Episode 07.
• Episode 08: Behind the Scenes.

Production & Filming Details

• Reporter: Darragh MacIntyre.
• Deputy Editor: Gwyneth Jones.
• Editor: Jeremy Adams.
• Producers: Chris Thornton and Maurice May.
• Release Date: 01 October 2019 (UK).
• Running time: 60 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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