''Siar Sna…'' (, "back in the ecade name) is an Irish documentary television programme, first broadcast in 2005. Each episode covers a particular year in Irish history, using archive material (mostly from

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), on-screen text in English and contemporary music to tell the story of a particular year. It is similar in format to RTÉ's '' Reeling in the Years'', but with less coverage of political and world events and an increased focus on the

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, the

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, everyday life, culture and the

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. Five series have been broadcast: *''Siar Sna Seachtóidí'', ''Siar Sna 70s'' or ''Siar Sna 70idí'' ("Back in the Seventies"), ten episodes covering the years 1970–79, first aired in July–September 2005 *''Siar Sna hOchtóidí'', ''Siar Sna 80idí'', ''Siar Sna 80s'' ("Back in the Eighties") or ''Siar Sna Blianta'' ("Back in the Years"), ten episodes covering the years 1980–89, first aired in September–December 2006 *''Siar Sna 60idí'', ''Siar Sna 60s'' ("Back in the Sixties"), ten episodes covering the years 1960–69, first aired in January–March 2007 *''Siar Sna 90idí'' ("Back in the Nineties"), ten episodes covering the years 1990–99, first aired in January–March 2008 *''Siar Sna 00's'' ("Back in the Noughties"), ten episodes covering the years 2000–09, first aired in January–March 2010

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TG4 delayed a 2010's 6th series broadcast since 2020.

Reception

In 2010, the '' Sunday Independent'' praised the series, saying that ''Siar Sna Seachtóidí'' was a "riveting

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of the Seventies ��which reassesses everything from that fateful decade's myriad campaigns for sex equality to the

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." Noted blogger The Cedar Lounge Revolution wrote of the 1979 episode, "Watching the footage it wasn’t hard to believe that Ireland was in some small way a sort of cousin of the

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. Everything was drab browns and grey. The news reports filled with shiny men's suits and

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looking women's dresses."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Siar Sna... Irish-language television shows 2010s Irish television series TG4 original programming 2005 Irish television series debuts Irish documentary television series Irish history television shows Television series about the history of Ireland

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