Counsel

Counsel 2019

6.00

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

2019

Cherrybomb

Cherrybomb 2009

5.55

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.

2009

Elephant

Elephant 1989

6.50

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.

1989

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw 2018

6.00

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.

2018

The Cable That Changed the World

The Cable That Changed the World 2024

6.00

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 the fragility of undersea cables today.

2024

The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale 1995

1

In this historical miniseries created for BBC Northern Ireland, four brothers struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s while facing persecution from an agent (Michael Kitchen) of their indifferent English landlord. Looking on in horror as their primary food source dwindles, the Phelan brothers (portrayed by real-life siblings Joe, Mark, Paul and Stephen McGann) are torn between nonviolent protest and bloody revolt.

1995

Life After Life

Life After Life 1995

1

Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon finds that the ceasefire has robbed him of both purpose and identity. Relationships with his family are difficult and reach boiling point when they find that he has rekindled his affair with a former fiancee Roisin, now married with three children.

1995

Brendan Smyth:  Betrayal of Trust

Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust 2011

4.00

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.

2011

A Breed of Heroes

A Breed of Heroes 1994

1.00

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.

1994

The Magic Box

The Magic Box 2012

1

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.

2012

Belfast's Victory in Vienna: A Footballing Odyssey

Belfast's Victory in Vienna: A Footballing Odyssey 2022

1

Presenter Holly Hamilton tells the feelgood story of the Glentoran team who left Belfast on a European football adventure just before the First World War to win the Vienna Cup, the first ever European Cup.

2022

Love Lies Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding 1993

1

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 surrounding her death, and he begins to realize that his lover was not what she seemed.

1993

The Long March

The Long March 1980

1

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

1980

Holy Cross

Holy Cross 2003

4.00

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.

2003

Too Late to Talk to Billy

Too Late to Talk to Billy 1982

1

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

1982

On Expenses

On Expenses 2010

1

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

2010

Occupation

Occupation 2009

7.80

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

2009

A Song for Jenny

A Song for Jenny 2015

6.40

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 violence on one woman and a family.

2015

A Matter of Choice for Billy

A Matter of Choice for Billy 1983

4.00

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.

1983