Seven Ages is a historical documentary series that was produced by Araby Productions, in association with The O'Reilly Foundation, for RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland. It charts the birth, growth and development of the Irish state since its foundation in 1921. It was first broadcast in 2000. It won the Television Features and Documentary Award at the ESB National Media Awards in 2000, and was also shortlisted for the IFTA Awards.
Episodes
The series consists of seven 55-minute episodes, each dealing with a different decade, beginning with independence in 1921. The episodes do not, however, stick rigidly to their particular decade in order to avoid certain historical events from being split across two successive programmes (the Arms Crisis is an example of this). The final episode covers both the 1980s and 1990s. and Garret FitzGerald. There are also contributions from Desmond O'Malley