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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

It Wasn’t Like a Movie Anymore

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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It Wasn’t Like a Movie Anymore

Season 1 Episode 1 | 55m 19s | CC

In 1968 tensions between Catholic and Protestant communities explode after decades of relative peace. Hopes of equality are lost as a civil rights movement is suppressed. The British Army is deployed and Northern Ireland descends into conflict.

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

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