Ireland
Bloody
Sunday
Two contrasting historians look at Jimmy McGovern's powerful docu-drama about
the shootings in Derry in 1972.
- 1798 and After
The social and political history of Ireland from the 1798 Rebellion to partition in 1921 (Channel 4 Learning). - The Brighton Bomb – no impact?
Professor Richard English asks what if the IRA's bomb had killed Margaret Thatcher, and what if there had been no bomb at all. - The Celts
Who were the Celts – a people with a distinctive language and culture whom the Romans gradually pushed to the western fringe of Europe, or something more complicated and mysterious? - Eamon de Valera
Independent Ireland’s first president, who become the oldest serving head of state. - Immigration
Accessible history of immigration into Britain from the time of the Romans to the present. - The Scots Detective
This website challenges historical accounts of the Scottish wars of independence, the Reformation, the Act of Union, Scottish exile and the Irish in Scotland (Channel 4 Learning). - The Year London Blew Up
In 1974/5, London endured a 14-month bombing campaign by the Provisional IRA. This timeline brings the fear and confusion of that time chillingly to life
