Document - The Doomsday Document

Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary evidence to throw new light on past events. In May 1974, the Troubles in Northern Ireland were at their height, but all eyes were on a new power-sharing arrangement. The highly controversial Sunningdale Executive had recently taken over administration of the province. Sensing that the Executive would not survive, Prime Minister Harold Wilson drew up a secret plan to cut Northern Ireland adrift from the rest of the UK.