Cherrybomb

Cherrybomb 2009

5.57

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

Counsel

Counsel 2019

6.00

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

2019

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

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

Occupation

Occupation 2009

7.80

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

2009

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

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

Middletown

Middletown 2006

4.20

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

2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gates of Gold

Gates of Gold 1983

1

Play by Maurice Leitch set in Country Antrim. Two evangelists are touring the area, stirring up religious fervour in the quiet Presbyterian backwaters. The year is 1959.

1983

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

As the Beast Sleeps

As the Beast Sleeps 2002

1

Kyle is loyal to his wife, his best mate and his boss in the Ulster Defence Union – and they love him as a husband, a brother and a son – but, with changing times and the emerging peace process, Kyle finds himself lost in the shadows of transition, uncertainty, and betrayal. In a world turned upside down, peace and brutality walk side-by-side, while love and loyalty are sacrificed to the new order. "As the Beast Sleeps" is set in Belfast's Protestant Rathcoole housing estate and explores with an up-to-the-minute urgency, the fragmentation within an extended family of loyalists in the context of the current cease-fire.

2002

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