Provos (1997)

Peter Taylor’s documentary miniseries on the history of the Provisional IRA provided space for the Republican narrative of the Troubles to be relayed – albeit not without criticism or pushback.

Brendan Hughes, former Officer Commanding of the Provisional IRA’s Belfast Brigade, being interviewed for the miniseries Provos: The IRA and Sinn Fein, broadcast in 1997 (BBC).

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This post is part of the ‘Rewound’ series of analyses of objects or episodes from cultural and political history.

Content warnings: Death; Murder; Anti-Catholic discrimination; Bereavement.