‘The Hunger’ tells of how Europe’s last major famine sparked political turmoil and revolution in the 1840s and caused the deaths of 100,000 people.

It also reveals how the famine caused the deaths of 1 million people in Ireland and caused 2 million to emigrate. Why Ireland, which was ruled by Britain, the richest nation of its day, suffered so much is among the startling revelations of this deeply moving and engaging documentary.