A matter of months after he confesses to being a spy, Denis Donaldson is murdered at a remote cottage in Donegal. Questions are asked about his death, his life, and his true loyalties. Presenter: Martin McCann Additional Voice: Nicolas Boulton Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
6. The Cottage
14-02-2026 | 10 Min.
A journalist gets a tip that a political backroom man who’s just confessed to being a spy is living in the wilds of Donegal. He sets out to track him down and secure a major scoop. The old, whitewashed stone cottage where the spy is living has a dark history that’s about to take another chilling turn. Presenter: Martin McCann Additional Voice: Nicolas Boulton Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
5. In the Public Interest
07-02-2026 | 13 Min.
The dust has barely settled on the shock news that prosecutors have dropped all charges against three men accused of running a republican spy ring in government, when one of them makes a jaw dropping confession. Presenter: Martin McCann Additional Voice: Nicolas Boulton Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
4. Disclosure
31-01-2026 | 13 Min.
Four people are arrested when police swoop to break up what they claim is a republican spying network operating at the heart of Northern Ireland’s volatile government. A convoluted legal process ends with an outcome nobody sees coming. Presenter: Martin McCann Additional Voice: Nicolas Boulton Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
3. Politically Pear Shaped
24-01-2026 | 10 Min.
A massive surveillance operation into IRA intelligence gathering has led police to the home of a political party administrator. They recover material they believe to have been stolen from government offices, but some of the intelligence is missing. Their efforts to find those missing items turns the covert operation into a full-blown political scandal that threatens the future of Stormont’s shaky coalition. Presenter: Martin McCann Additional Voice: Nicolas Boulton Produced by BBC Northern Ireland
Netherlands