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

Cherrybomb

Cherrybomb 2009

5.60

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

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

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

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

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

The Nightwatch

The Nightwatch 1989

5.00

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 course of the weekend it gradually becomes clear that all is not what it seems. Unknown to them their paths have all crossed before, and the deceit and violence of the past is about to become their own downfall.

1989

Counsel

Counsel 2019

6.00

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

2019

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

On Expenses

On Expenses 2010

1

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

2010

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

A Coming to Terms for Billy

A Coming to Terms for Billy 1984

1

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.

1984

Lorna

Lorna 1987

1

In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.

1987

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

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

The Disappeared

The Disappeared 2013

7.00

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

2013

The Rockingham Shoot

The Rockingham Shoot 1987

1

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

1987

Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?

Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? 2002

1

An aging criminal, about to pull an armed robbery,reflects on a friend of his: a fellow criminal, who lost his life in a recent robbery attempt,on a woman whom he's been seeing and for whom he has strong feelings and whether or not he should go ahead with the present crime.

2002