At times, it can be hard to avoid the preachy style of reviewing that talks to readers in the tone of a teacher ordering you to eat your greens. This, I’m afraid, is one of them. If you know what’s good for you, watch Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History on BBC iPlayer and wonder, not only at the quality of the journalism, but about what Brexit will do to Ireland and Britain.
It is an education and not just for the ignorant. For me and those like me who thought they knew a little Irish history, it shows we knew next to nothing.
The 30-year war and the cynicism and viciousness of its main players is played out. A counter at the bottom of the screen ticks up over 3,000 as it records the rising death toll. The series is as good as Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s great televised history of the Vietnam War.
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