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Our Dirty War: The British State and the IRA
Secret killer and super-spy: the Stakeknife inquiry leads Peter Taylor to revisit the brutal covert war between Britain and the IRA. Chilling tapes and victims reflect the horror.
Stakeknife was a super-spy, a secret agent working for both the British and the IRA. He walked a precarious tightrope in an undercover war where exposure meant death. Operation Kenova, the long-running investigation into Stakeknife and the so-called dirty war, which is now coming to a close, brings Peter Taylor back to Northern Ireland. He revisits the chilling IRA interrogation tapes he initially uncovered and talks again to grieving families devasted by the loss of their loved ones to the IRA’s brutal interrogators and killers.
Last on
Sun 10 Mar 202415:30
BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reporter | Peter Taylor |
| Producer | Richard Newman |
| Editor | Gwyneth Jones |
| Assistant Editor | Chris Thornton |
Broadcasts
- Tue 5 Mar 202422:40BBC One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Wed 6 Mar 202422:00BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Thu 7 Mar 202423:15
- Sat 9 Mar 202403:30
- Sat 9 Mar 202418:30BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
- Sun 10 Mar 202402:30
- Sun 10 Mar 202415:30BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD