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

Occupation

Occupation 2009

7.80

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

2009

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

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

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

Counsel

Counsel 2019

6.00

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

2019

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

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 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

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

Scout

Scout 1987

1

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

1987

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

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

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

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

Ode

Ode 2021

1

Using Arthur O'Shaughnessy's poem as inspiration, Naomi Waring's film celebrates the confidence, pride and beauty that disco dancing brings to a working-class community in Northern Ireland. Commissioned by BBC as part of the Two Minute Masterpiece Programme.

2021

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