The Spectacular

Season

2021

7.4

Miniseries about a succession of IRA attacks that really took place in the late 1980s in Limburg, Germany. Team leader Jeanine Maes opens the hunt for the ruthless Fiona Hughes.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Stammenstrijd

In the 1980s the south of the Netherlands is ravaged by IRA attacks, aimed at British soldiers stationed in Germany. Detective Jeanine Maes opens the hunt for the IRA operatives.

S1 • E2

Politieke lichamen

The IRA cell commits an attack in Germany in 1989. Jeanine knows that the members will also commit an attack in the Netherlands and thinks she is one step ahead of them, but her assessment is wrong.

S1 • E3

De duivel zelf

1990. Roermond is world news. From Sydney and London and even Belfast there is a huge outcry over the brutal murder. Jeanine feels guilty over her misjudgment and swears to catch the perpetrators.

S1 • E4

The Irish Cause

1992. To everyone's surprise, Jeanine manages to catch Fiona and all the Volunteers. As terrorist attacks have no special status in Dutch law, she has to prove the case as a common murder case.