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Who Wants to Live Like That?

Season 1 Episode 5

In 1993 a bomb on a busy Saturday leads to a week of gruesome tit for tat violence. There have been many false dawns in the conflict, but finally the desire for change propels the possibility of peace for the next generation. But at what cost?

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People live with dangerous secrets as a battle for intelligence ramps up.
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The impact of the IRA hunger strikes seen through the eyes of three women.
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As the violence escalates ordinary people in Northern Ireland live surrounded by fear.
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When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
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