GunPlot: Episode 1 – The Spark that Lit the Flame
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An Irish Army Captain goes on holidays – a strange kind of holiday. To a city where he knows there is likely to be ‘trouble’. He arrives as a three-day street battle, now known as 'the Battle of the Bogside', begins. And it changes everything (Ep1/8). Released weekly.
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Companion TV documentary to this series airs Wednesday Apr 28th @9.30pm on RTÉ One.
Credits:
GunPlot was written, recorded and produced by Ronan Kelly and Nicoline Greer.
Sound Design by Damian Chennells
Production assistance from the RTÉ Documentary On One Team.
Special thanks to all our contributors, and to the RTÉ Design, Marketing, Online and Creative Audio departments.
For further information, and articles by Anna Joyce to accompany each episode, visit www.rte.ie/gunplot
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