'These stories must be talked about': the film-maker shedding new light on the Troubles

James Bluemel talks about his acclaimed new BBC series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland Journalists who covered Northern Ireland during the Troubles used to tell a story, possibly apocryphal, about gaggles of children that would trail after camera crews filming on the Falls Road. "Hey, mister," they would shout out, "do you fancy a soundbite?" The anecdote was a wry admission that the conflict had reached media saturation and that local people had become all too media savvy. Some riots had a...