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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

A powerful 5-part series from the makers of the Bafta and Emmy winning "Once Upon a Time in Iraq." This is the story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland told by the ordinary people whose lives it changed forever.
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Schedule

  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: So Many Broken Hearts: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    So Many Broken Hearts

    Thursday
    Jul 30

    1 Hour

    The impact of the IRA hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women -- an IRA prisoner's wife, a police officer's wife and a hunger striker's daughter.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: So Many Broken Hearts: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    So Many Broken Hearts

    Friday
    Jul 31

    1 Hour

    The impact of the IRA hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women -- an IRA prisoner's wife, a police officer's wife and a hunger striker's daughter.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: So Many Broken Hearts: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    So Many Broken Hearts

    Friday
    Jul 31

    1 Hour

    The impact of the IRA hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women -- an IRA prisoner's wife, a police officer's wife and a hunger striker's daughter.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: So Many Broken Hearts: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    So Many Broken Hearts

    Sunday
    Aug 2

    1 Hour

    The impact of the IRA hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women -- an IRA prisoner's wife, a police officer's wife and a hunger striker's daughter.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: So Many Broken Hearts: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    So Many Broken Hearts

    Sunday
    Aug 2

    1 Hour

    The impact of the IRA hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women -- an IRA prisoner's wife, a police officer's wife and a hunger striker's daughter.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: The Dirty War: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    Loose Talk Costs Lives

    Thursday
    Aug 6

    1 Hour

    Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organizations to gain intelligence in the late 1980s.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: The Dirty War: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    Loose Talk Costs Lives

    Friday
    Aug 7

    1 Hour

    Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organizations to gain intelligence in the late 1980s.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: The Dirty War: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    Loose Talk Costs Lives

    Friday
    Aug 7

    1 Hour

    Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organizations to gain intelligence in the late 1980s.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: The Dirty War: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    Loose Talk Costs Lives

    Sunday
    Aug 9

    1 Hour

    Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organizations to gain intelligence in the late 1980s.
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: Who Wants to Live Like That?: TVSS: Iconic

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    Who Wants to Live Like That?

    Sunday
    Aug 9

    1 Hour

    Peace is finally achieved in 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement after decades of cyclical violence.

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