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Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

“Civil War secrets are sometimes startling, occasionally downright bizarre but mostly underwhelming”

2023 6.0 50 min DocumentaryHistory

Overview

Michael Portillo returns with an authored documentary, that uses British state papers to shed fresh light on key events and personalities during the Civil War period in Ireland.

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Status
Released
First released
2023
Runtime
50 minutes
Original language
EN
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Featured cast

Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo

Presenter

Gretchen Friemann

Journalist

Heather Jones

Historian

Sinéad McCoole

Historian

Max Hastings

Max Hastings

Journalist

Mike Cronin

Historian

Michael Laffan

Emeritus Professor, UCD

Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid

Historian

Niamh Gallagher

Historian

Fearghal McGarry

Historian