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

5.56

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

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider 2022

8.00

Ardal O’Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish.

2022

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

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 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

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

Lucy Letby:Unanswered Questions

Lucy Letby:Unanswered Questions 2024

1

Former nurse Lucy Letby became one of the UK’s most notorious child killers after she was convicted of harming and murdering babies in her care. The nurse was found guilty by two juries after lengthy trials, but now a growing number of experts are questioning the prosecution's evidence. Reporter Judith Moritz, who has covered the case from the start, investigates the questions that have been raised about Lucy Letby’s conviction.

2024

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 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

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 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

Occupation

Occupation 2009

7.80

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

2009

Scout

Scout 1987

1

Drama about a Northern Irish football scout by Frank McGuinness and directed by Danny Boyle.

1987

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

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

James Joyce’s Ulysses

James Joyce’s Ulysses 2022

1

A hundred years after its publication, this film reveals the tawdry, shocking, poetic, uplifting and gloriously kaleidoscopic humanity of James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses.

2022

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