May 10, 2023
50 min
Full-HD

Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War (2023)

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.

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

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Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War (2023)

Michael Portillo

Gretchen Friemann

Heather Jones

Sinéad McCoole

Max Hastings

Mike Cronin

Michael Laffan

Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid