Brendan O’Carroll is set to tell the story of the Easter Rising on BBC Two.
Brendan O’Carroll: My Family at War will air on BBC Two on Wednesday March 16 at 9pm, and is described as a “deeply personal film” as Brendan will look at the events of the Rising through the lives of his three uncles.
“I knew about the Rising and learnt about the Rising but never knew anything about my family’s part in it,” he told the BBC.
History: Brendan will tell the story of the Easter Rising through his uncle’s eyes | KYRAN O’BRIEN
“So, on the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, I’m going to retrace my uncles’ steps and in doing so tell you the story of 1916.”
The Mrs Browns Boys creator is promising that it will be “an extraordinary story – a story of subterfuge, violence, of cock-ups, catastrophes but also one of idealism and sacrifice”.
The documentary is a part of a number of programmes relating to the Rising that will be aired on the BBC.
BBC will air the Liam Neeson-narrated documentary 1916,  the 90-minute documentary Geldof on Yeats and the Michael Portillo hosted Easter 1916: The Enemy Files.
