Film

Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

6.0202350mDocumentary History

Director: Andrew Gallimore
Year: 2023

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

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.

Top cast

Michael Portillo

Presenter

Gretchen Friemann

Journalist

Heather Jones

Historian

Sinéad McCoole

Historian

Max Hastings

Journalist

Mike Cronin

Historian

Michael Laffan

Emeritus Professor, UCD

Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid

Historian

Niamh Gallagher

Historian

Fearghal McGarry

Historian

Directed by

Andrew Gallimore

Written by

Andrew Gallimore

Produced by

Mike Keane