Community tensions and violence have been recurring features of life in Northern Ireland since its creation 100 years ago. In a special one-hour Spotlight, former BBC Northern Ireland Political Editor Mark Devenport returns to our screens to explore aspects of Northern Ireland’s past and present and what its future might hold.
Speaking to an extraordinary range of contributors – from victims of violence to the Prime Minister and Taoiseach – Devenport asks how Northern Ireland’s centenary should be marked and looks at some of the issues and events that have shaped its history, politics and people.
Devenport, who was at the forefront of BBC political reporting for many years, also reveals the results of a specially commissioned opinion poll in which people on both sides of the border have their say on Northern Ireland’s future.
From the formation of Northern Ireland in 1921, through to current tensions around the Northern Ireland Protocol, the programme looks at the interplay between politics, identity and a changing social and economic environment.
This special Spotlight will be broadcast at 9pm on Tuesday 20 April on BBC One Northern Ireland.