Episode 5: The Witness

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Episode 5: The Witness

FromYear ‘21

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24 minutes

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Jan 29, 2021

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A witness to an IRA attack travels north to testify. That night, four gunmen enter the bar of the hotel he's staying in. What would happen there would lead to a surge in the membership and activity of the IRA in Belfast.

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Jan 29, 2021

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Explore how Northern Ireland was created a hundred years ago in the company of Tara Mills and Declan Harvey.

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Episode 4: The Uncrowned King of Ulster: Declan and Tara look back at the life and death of Sir Edward Carson. by Year ‘21
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Episode 1: The Table: Declan Harvey and Tara Mills tell the story of the creation of Northern Ireland. by Year ‘21
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Episode 19: The Big Day?: On the week in which some historians say NI came into being, Craig and de Valera meet. by Year ‘21
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Episode 5: The Witness: Three policemen are shot in an attack key to the growth of the IRA in Belfast by Year ‘21
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Rules of Engagement: A guide for how to enjoy Year ‘21 by Year ‘21
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Episode 14: The Yard: The expulsion of thousands of workers from Belfast shipyard sparks sectarian warfare by Year ‘21
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Episode 31: The Pharmacist: 1921 changes everything for thousands of Irish citizens- including a Belfast pharmacist by Year ‘21
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Episode 16: The Belfast Pogrom: Belfast is midway through a terror campaign in which almost 500 people will die by Year ‘21
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Episode 7: The Priest Hunter: The rise and fall of the political career of leading light of nationalism, Joseph Devlin by Year ‘21
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Episode 20: The Numbers Game: Politicians are preparing for an election. Well, two, actually…one for each parliament by Year ‘21
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Episode 13: The 'Lost' Counties: Why three counties of Ulster are left behind as the new Northern Ireland is created. by Year ‘21
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Episode 9: The Doctor and the Lion King: Tara and Declan learn about those involved in the spiralling violence across Ireland. by Year ‘21
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Episode 15: The First PM: How James Craig came to be the architect and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland by Year ‘21
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Episode 30: The Prison Camp: Ballykinlar is chosen as the first internment camp in Ireland by Year ‘21
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Episode 10: The Big Fellow: Revolutionary, soldier, strategist, politician - the many sides of Michael Collins by Year ‘21
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Episode 8: The Big Picture: Tara and Declan go to the cinema – not for the main feature, but to watch the newsreels. by Year ‘21
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Episode 22: The North Poll: The people of Northern Ireland finally get their say in the State's very first election by Year ‘21
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Episode 21: The Periodicals: As elections are being held north and south, how are British newspapers reporting events? by Year ‘21
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Episode 25: The District Inspector: Meet DI Nixon- alleged to be the head of a police gang carrying out reprisals in 1921 by Year ‘21
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Episode 26: The King's Speech: A momentuous day for Northern Ireland as the King attends the State opening of parliament by Year ‘21
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Episode 33: The Other Women: The history books have little to say about 1921's women. These are some of their stories. by Year ‘21
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Episode 24: The First Sitting: Northern Ireland's new MPs gather for the first sitting of the new Parliament in Belfast. by Year ‘21
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Episode 29:The Truce and the Twelfth: A truce is agreed in the War of Independence as the Orange Order celebrates the Twelfth by Year ‘21
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Episode 32: The Spies: Men and women spying for Ireland get to the heart of British government by Year ‘21
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Episode 27: The Ambush: Four men and dozens of horses are killed in an IRA ambush near the south Armagh border by Year ‘21
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Episode 23: The Burning of the Custom House: A vivid eyewitness account to a key event in Ireland's War of Independence by Year ‘21
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Episode 37: Le Ministre: NI's first Minister of Education takes charge of a schooling system in crisis by Year ‘21
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Episode 5: The Witness

Episode 5: The Witness

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Titles in the series (48)

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