Movies: Bbc Northern Ireland

  • 2011
    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend (2011)

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

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    Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis....

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend
  • 2009
    Cherrybomb

    Cherrybomb (2009)

    Cherrybomb

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    Teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can't get off the wild ride they've set in motion....

    Cherrybomb
  • 1989
    Elephant

    Elephant (1989)

    Elephant

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    This short film, first broadcast on BBC TWO in 1989, is a chilling depiction of a series of violent killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland....

    Elephant
  • 2019
    Counsel

    Counsel (2019)

    Counsel

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    An alpha female barrister complicates her professional and personal life when she falls for a client....

    Counsel
  • 2024
    The Cable That Changed the World

    The Cable That Changed the World (2024)

    The Cable That Changed the World

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    The first transatlantic communications cable, traversing the ocean floor from Valentia Island, County Kerry, to Newfoundland, Canada, 165 years ago was an 8 year endeavor that helped lay the foundation of the modern technology industry and explains t...

    The Cable That Changed the World
  • 1987
    The Rockingham Shoot

    The Rockingham Shoot (1987)

    The Rockingham Shoot

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    Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot, where a violent incident occurs....

    The Rockingham Shoot
  • 2011
    Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust

    Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust (2011)

    Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust

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    The true story of the notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, and how one family in Belfast, aided by journalist Chris Moore, uncovered the true extent of the clerical abuse scandal....

    Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust
  • 2018
    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw (2018)

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

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    Award-winning Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard Shaw, a giant of world literature, and - like Byrne - an emigrant Irishman with the outsider's ability to observe, needle and puncture....

    My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
  • 1993
    Love Lies Bleeding

    Love Lies Bleeding (1993)

    Love Lies Bleeding

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    Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole and uses the time to search for his girlfriend Leyla’s killer. He finds only lies and intrigue surrou...

    Love Lies Bleeding
  • 1982
    Too Late to Talk to Billy

    Too Late to Talk to Billy (1982)

    Too Late to Talk to Billy

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    Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy....

    Too Late to Talk to Billy
  • 1984
    A Coming to Terms for Billy

    A Coming to Terms for Billy (1984)

    A Coming to Terms for Billy

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    Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man? Third in the trilogy....

    A Coming to Terms for Billy
  • 2024
    The Rory Gallagher Story

    The Rory Gallagher Story (2024)

    The Rory Gallagher Story

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    Rory Gallagher was the original Irish guitar hero, whose artistry with a battered ’61 Stratocaster became the stuff of legend. Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters admired him, the Rolling Stones tried to hire him - and his fans worshipped him. Clad in faded d...

    The Rory Gallagher Story
  • 2009
    Scapegoat

    Scapegoat (2009)

    Scapegoat

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    This is the fascinating true life story of one of Ireland's most famous unsolved murders. It is the tale of how an innocent man was found guilty but insane of the brutal homicide of a young woman from a very prominent family. Told in superb period de...

    Scapegoat
  • 2009
    Occupation

    Occupation (2009)

    Occupation

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    Three ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason....

    Occupation
  • 2006
    Middletown

    Middletown (2006)

    Middletown

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    An overzealous priest returns to his home town and ends up battling against his brother for the heart of the locals....

    Middletown
  • 2003
    Holy Cross

    Holy Cross (2003)

    Holy Cross

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    Violence erupts in north Belfast when the residents of Glenbyrn, a predominantly Protestant suburb, object to schoolgirls walking through their neighbourhood from the Catholic area of Ardoyne to the Holy Cross primary school....

    Holy Cross
  • 2012
    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box (2012)

    The Magic Box

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    A special live broadcast on both BBC and UTV, hosted by Eamonn Holmes, celebrating the best of Northern Ireland television over the past 60 years and marking the occasion of digital switchover....

    The Magic Box
  • 1983
    A Matter of Choice for Billy

    A Matter of Choice for Billy (1983)

    A Matter of Choice for Billy

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    Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen. Second in the trilogy....

    A Matter of Choice for Billy
  • 1994
    A Breed of Heroes

    A Breed of Heroes (1994)

    A Breed of Heroes

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    In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humour and the weird rituals of the officers' mess....

    A Breed of Heroes
  • 2013
    The Disappeared

    The Disappeared (2013)

    The Disappeared

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    An investigation into the victims killed and secretly buried by the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland....

    The Disappeared