Darragh macintyre biography definition
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The Secret Army review: Extraordinary story of lost IRA documentary told in gripping style
Darragh MacIntyre is the sort of investigative journalist television producers adore. He isn’t opposed to inserting himself into the action, and there will always be a scene or three in one of his reports in which he huffs about, chasing a lead like Hercule Poirot hunting down a murderer.
All of his detective skills are required in The Secret Army (BBC One, Wednesday), a fascinating factual whodunnit featuring a lost IRA “documentary”, a potential CIA operative, and a cameraman who may or may not have worked for Mossad. It’s The Troubles meets a Tom Clancy novel – brimming with twists relayed with maximum dramatic impact by the reliably melodramatic MacIntyre.
Even without his bombastic style, the story is extraordinary. In 1972, during the darkest days of the conflict in the North, John Bowyer Bell, an American academic sympathetic to the Provos, persuaded the Provisional leadership to all
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The Secret Army commissioned bygd BBC nordlig Ireland
A new documentary, The Secret Army, has been commissioned bygd BBC nordlig Ireland and will be broadcast on BBC iPlayer, BBC NI and BBC Four in the coming months. It is produced by BBC NI’s award-winning Current Affairs team, also responsible for Spotlight and Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History.
BBC NI’s feature-length documentary follows reporter Darragh MacIntyre as he attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding the making of an extraordinary American documentary, filmed inside the IRA in 1972 but which vanished for almost 50 years.
During his investigation, Darragh uncovers the original film reels in New York. He investigates how this documentary was made and finds one of the American production grupp who was present in Northern Ireland for the filming in 1972, the bloodiest year of the Troubles. He also tracks down some of the former IRA men who appeared in the documentary.
Adam Smyth, Director of BBC NI says: “In
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Donal MacIntyre
Irish investigative journalist
For others of similar name, see Donald MacIntyre.
Donal MacIntyre is an Irish investigative journalist, specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposés. He has also worked as a presenter of both television news and documentaries on various UK channels.
In 2007, MacIntyre directed A Very British Gangster, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. From April 2010, he presented ITV's local news show London Tonight for a few months.[1]
In 2009, MacIntyre took part in the fourth series of Dancing on Ice, where he was runner-up to Ray Quinn. In 2014, he participated in the first series of The Jump where he was runner-up to Joe McElderry.
MacIntyre has also worked for the CBS Reality channel, including as presenter of the documentary series Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, which looks at unsolved criminal cases such as abductions and murders.
Early life
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