Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

Northern Ireland's leading team of investigative journalists reveal important new discoveries about the outbreak of the conflict known as the Troubles, 50 years after troops were deployed.

New revelations about how the IRA went from anticipating victory to fighting a bloody, long war against Britain, with Gerry Adams emerging as the republican leader of his time.

Jennifer O'Leary uncovers IRA arms connections around the world and charts how republicans built a political strategy in parallel with their armed campaign.

At the end of the Seventies, the IRA built its own internal security system to root out informers. But British intelligence found a fatal flaw that unlocked many of the IRA's secrets.

This episode traces how unionist anger grew as IRA attacks on the security forces killed members of their community.

An investigation into the murders of two young brothers uncovers secrets from the loyalist gang that carried out the attack.

The inside story of how the Troubles ended, told by those who fought the IRA's war and by those at the heart of peace efforts.