Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War poster
Film2023 50m 6.0/ 10

Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

Civil War secrets are sometimes startling, occasionally downright bizarre but mostly underwhelming

  • Documentary
  • History

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.

  • Server 2
  • Arabic subtitles
Cast

Who is in it

  • Michael Portillo
    Michael Portillo
    Presenter
  • Gretchen Friemann
    Journalist
  • Heather Jones
    Historian
  • Sinéad McCoole
    Historian
  • Max Hastings
    Max Hastings
    Journalist
  • Mike Cronin
    Historian
  • Michael Laffan
    Emeritus Professor, UCD
  • Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid
    Historian
  • Niamh Gallagher
    Historian
  • Fearghal McGarry
    Historian