Northern Ireland's descent into late 1960s violence, the British Government's response, the rise of the Provisional IRA, alleged security force-loyalist paramilitary collusion, and the arduous journey to peace after almost 3,000 deaths.

Tells the story of the spiral of Northern Ireland into violence in the late 1960s, the attempts of the British Government to get control of the situation, the growth of the provisional IRA, the murky relationship between the security forces and Loyalist paramilitaries and the long, tortuous path to to the end of the violence after almost three thousand deaths over a period of a quarter of a century of violence.