Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 12 · Episode 11

Hunger Strike: A Hidden History

S12E11·October 13, 1993·50m·BBC Two

On 5 May 1981, Bobby Sands died on hunger strike at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Nine more prisoners starved themselves to death. Using first-hand testimony, this programme tells the story.

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