The Good Friday Agreement, signed by Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, Mo Mowlam and David Andrews on 10 April 1998, aimed to end years of violence in Northern Ireland. Yet a quarter of a century later, as a five-part series from director James Bluemel and the makers of Once Upon a Time in Iraq explores, the region remains haunted by two spectres: the past and the future.
Through a mix of archive footage and first-person testimonies from ordinary people who found themselves drawn – sometimes willingly, sometimes unwillingly – into a conflict that spanned around 30 years, Once
Upon a Time in Northern Ireland aims to offer a fresh perspective on the events of the recent past. This is a view of the Troubles that offers sometimes conflicting perspectives and lived experience at the centre of its narratives.