If the pirates are to capture the Upnor, the captive captain, Jeremiah Collins, is their only hope. They change course and aim to cut the ship off before it reaches England.

But if they succeed, are they prepared for the dangerous waters that await them at Ballycotton Harbour?

Narrator: Demi Isaac

Readings by: Gavan Casey, John Fitzsimons, Liam O’Caoimh.

Series Produced by Ally McKenzie Executive Editor: Ciaran Daly

With the Upnor disappearing on the horizon, the IRA pirates scramble to find a tugboat to follow it out to sea. They are given a sliver of hope when a boat docks in Cobh but is it too late?

Meanwhile, unaware of the delay, O’Hegarty makes his way to Ballycotton with a convoy of vehicles and hundreds of people awaiting the ship’s return.

Narrator: Demi Isaac

Readings by: Gavan Casey, John Fitzsimons, Liam O’Caoimh.

Series Produced by Ally McKenzie Executive Editor: Ciaran Daly

In November 1938 Jewish shops and businesses are brutally attacked in several days of pogroms in what became known as Kristillnacht. Charles’ position of trying to build good relations with the Nazi leadership now becomes untenable. He has a bruising showdown with his cousin, Winston Churchill, at a social event in London. In private, he acknowledges that he has failed in his efforts to be an architect of peace like his illustrious ancestor, Lord Castlereagh. World War Two begins in September 1939 and Charles and Edith go back to Mount Stewart in County Down. But it follows them to the shores of Strangford Lough as German bombers target Newtownards Airfield in 1941, killing 13 air cadets - mainly young men. Charles attends the funeral of one of them, realising that the war he struggled to avoid is now a reality. He uses his skills as a pilot to help train young men in flying but in 1945 he is involved in a near-fatal glider accident. The war ends in victory - but Charles’ health is in decline. He is asked to give written evidence by the defence team for Joachim von Ribbentrop at the Nuremberg trials. The Nazi Minister for Foreign Affairs claims he always tried to steer Hitler towards a more limited war. Ten years on from the Ribbentrop’s visit to Mount Stewart, Charles gives scrupulously accurate evidence which does not corroborate the Nazi’s claims of being a peace-maker. A death sentence is passed and Ribbentrop dies by a lengthy hanging. Charles himself dies three years later, aged 70 and is buried at Mount Stewart in the family plot, Tír Na nÓg - ‘the land of youth’. Striking up personal relationships with Nazi leadership had come to define his legacy. It had caused huge turmoil in his life but now, finally, he is at peace.