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1.
Separate Government |
SELB prog code: TP 0217 |
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This
opening programme in the series traces the
history of Northern Ireland from the Government
of Ireland Act 1920 to the 1960s. The approach
combines comparison of trends North and South
with a chronology of the landmark events. |
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The Civil Rights Movement |
SELB prog code: TP 0253 |
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This
programme looks at discrimination, the emergence
of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
and the violence of the 1960s. It ends with
a survey of the events leading to the birth
of the Provisional IRA and the eventual introduction
of Direct Rule from Westminster in 1972.
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Ulster Workers Council Strike |
SELB prog code: TP 0284 |
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This
programme deals with the failure of the power-sharing
administration in Northern Ireland in 1974.
The splits within Unionism, the growing fears
of an Irish dimension being introduced through
the Council of Ireland and the subsequent
Ulster Workers’ Council Strike are also
examined |
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Hunger Strike |
SELB prog code: TP 0315 |
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This programme
deals with the impact of the hunger strike
in the Maze Prison in 1981.
It examines the
reasons for the prison protest, and the emotional
and political effects of the deaths of ten
hunger strikers. |
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Agreement |
SELB prog code: TP 0349 |
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The programme deals
with the Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985 as a renewed
effort to reconcile the two communities and
to provide a framework for North / South relations.
The Unionist viewpoint and the history of
the constitutional guarantee are considered,
as is Unionist reaction to Dublin involvement
in Northern Ireland’s affairs. |
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| *Series first broadcast in 1995 |
