How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story

How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story 2016

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The extraordinary untold story of how an NYPD bomb disposal expert played a key role in helping defuse the decades old "Troubles" in Northern Ireland. In 1975, Irish immigrant Denis Mulcahy of the NYPD bomb squad – gathered a group of family, friends and neighbours to start a scheme offering children from Northern Ireland a chance to temporarily escape the violent turmoil of their daily lives. From modest beginnings, Project Children ultimately brought over 20,000 Catholic and Protestant children to suburban US for summer-long visits where they forged unexpected friendships and found they had more in common with the 'enemy' than they thought. Now this extraordinary untold story is being brought to the screen in a new documentary by Des Henderson, and narrated by Liam Neeson, entitled How To Defuse A Bomb: The Project Children Story.

2016

I Was There: Kate Adie on Tiananmen Square

I Was There: Kate Adie on Tiananmen Square 2018

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In a long-form interview, Kate recalls how she was wounded by gunfire and narrowly escaped death herself as she and her cameraman remained in the line of fire while an estimated 2,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were shot down by Chinese government troops. Kate reviews the reports she made on the ground, with additional insight from leading historian Professor Steve Tsang, and draws on the BBC's archive to assess how film-makers have portrayed China before and after the upheaval.

2018

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider 2022

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Ardal O’Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish.

2022

Beyond the Walls: In Search of the Celts

Beyond the Walls: In Search of the Celts 2018

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Historian Dr Eleanor Barraclough travels through some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes to reveal the true story of the mysterious British tribes often called the Celts.

2018