Movies: Bbc Northern Ireland

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    A Song for Jenny

    A Song for Jenny (2015)

    A Song for Jenny

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    A Song For Jenny is the true story of Julie Nicholson's response to her daughter Jenny’s murder in the July 7th bombing at Edgware Road tube station. Starring Emily Watson as Julie, A Song For Jenny details the dramatic and profound impact of violenc...

    A Song for Jenny
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    On Expenses

    On Expenses (2010)

    On Expenses

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    Drama about journalist Heather Brooke's fight for the disclosure of MPs' expenses....

    On Expenses
  • 1989
    The Nightwatch

    The Nightwatch (1989)

    The Nightwatch

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    Dark and brooding thriller. A group of mercenaries are assembled in Amsterdam by a British intelligence officer. Believing they are awaiting the details of a new mission, they decide to spend their free time in the sleazy bars and brothels. Over the ...

    The Nightwatch
  • 2019
    Ups and Downs

    Ups and Downs (2019)

    Ups and Downs

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    A young man with Down's Syndrome tricks his sister into a road trip to go to a concert, while being pursued by their mum. With no phones, no money and no plan, can they make it?...

    Ups and Downs
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1980
    The Long March

    The Long March (1980)

    The Long March

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    A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest....

    The Long March
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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