Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

05/10/2023

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0hr 50min

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Documentary

,History

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Michael Portillo
  • Gretchen Friemann
  • Heather Jones
  • Sinéad McCoole
  • Max Hastings

    Director

  • Andrew Gallimore

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • RTÉ

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Michael Portillo

    Presenter

    Gretchen Friemann

    Journalist

    Heather Jones

    Historian

    Sinéad McCoole

    Historian

    Max Hastings

    Journalist

    Mike Cronin

    Historian

    Michael Laffan

    Emeritus Professor, UCD

    Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid

    Historian

    Niamh Gallagher

    Historian