Spotlight - Season 10 / Year 2024

Season 10 / Year 2024

Episodes

Drugs: In Debt and Danger
The hidden trap of drugs debt. Mandy McAuley investigates what happens when drug users can't pay for what they take. She learns that dealers are forcing some, including teenagers, into sex or running drugs to pay off what they owe.

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.

30 Years Behind the Mask
Thirty years after they declared ceasefires, the UVF replaces its leadership in east Belfast. Are loyalist groups moving away from paramilitarism? Conor Spackman investigates.

Blood on the Dance Floor
The unsolved murder of Darren Bradshaw, a police officer shot in a ground-breaking gay bar. Jordan Dunbar investigates how DJs, drag queens and dancers fought back against hate.

Killer Secrets
As Troubles inquests are shut down, Mandy McAuley investigates why the government stepped in to stop the release of information about the involvement of state agents in several murders by Mid-Ulster UVF. Testimony from inside the gang raises new questions about the role of state agents.

28/05/2024
Conor Spackman investigates how Northern Ireland can handle wetter weather and extreme floods resulting from climate change.
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