CinemaOSSeries · 1980–1981 · 1 Season

Ireland: A Television History

IMDbDocumentary

The first major attempt to tell the history of a country on television -- from its first beginnings to the present day. Since the late 1960s we have all grown used to the suffering and violence in Northern Ireland. But these are just the latest events in an old story that began 800 years ago when England first became involved with Ireland -- whose first inhabitants had arrived there 8.000 years before.

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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
December 2, 1980
Last aired
February 24, 1981
Seasons
1
Episodes
13
Network
RTÉ OneBBC Two

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Robert Kee

Self - Presenter

Creative team
Showrunner
Jeremy Isaacs
Written by
Robert Kee
Produced by
Jenny Barraclough

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