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200360 minPGdocumentary

Facing the Enemy

200360 minPGdocumentary

Jo Tuffnell confronts the man responsible for her father's death in a 2003 IRA bombing, 17 years after the tragic event.

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Jo Tuffnell confronts the man responsible for her father's death in a 2003 IRA bombing, 17 years after the tragic event.

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17 years later, Jo Tuffnell faces the man who killed her father with an IRA bomb.

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