The Long and the Short of It

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

10:00 PM to 10:30 PM

Thursday 21 November

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Tim McGarry and David Hume travel back to the year 1801 to look at The Act of Union of Britain and Ireland, which formally bound Ireland to the United Kingdom and the British crown. Nowadays it is just Northern Ireland that remains in the UK, but it wasn't always like that and the cross of Saint Patrick is still an integral part of the Union Jack. Tim and David tell the story of how the Act of Union came about and the people who made it happen. It is a tale of coaxing, cajoling, enticing, duping and plain bribery and corruption