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Past Productions - Singles: 1990 - Present
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Series
Serials
Singles 1990-present
Singles 1985-1989
Singles 1980-1984
Feature Films
Short Films

The following titles can be found on this page

All Things Bright and Beautiful
Arise and Go Now
As The Beast Sleeps
August Saturday
Breed of Heroes, A
Englishman's Wife,The
Events at Drimaghleen
Force of Duty
Henri
Holy Cross
Precious Blood, The
Life After Life
Loving
Love Lies Bleeding
Rap At the Door,A
Safe House,A
Sinners
Vicious Circle


Title: All Things Bright And Beautiful
Logline: Drama about a ten year old altar boy influenced by an enthusiastic priest, who believes himself to be experiencing visions. First he encounters Barrabas, the Good Thief
of the New Testament, then he is found talking to a statue of the Virgin Mary.
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Lorraine Pilkington, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Kevin McNally, Gabrielle Reidy, Marie Jones
Writer: Barry Devlin
Director: Barry Devlin
Producer: Katy McGuinness
Executive Producer: Robert Cooper, Paul McGuinness, Mark Shivas
Production Credits: Produced for BBC Northern Ireland by Hilltown Ltd for the Good Film Company. Produced in Association with The Irish Film Board
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1994

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Title: Arise And Go Now
Logline: A comedy about the IRA by alternative comedian Owen O'Neill. Exploding poets, randy bishops & bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Ireland. IRA man Kevin and Father Dade try to salvage some sanity.
Starring: Michael Liebmann, John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Ian Bannen, Jim Norton, Peter Caffrey, James Durrell
Writer: Owen O’Neill
Director: Danny Boyle
Producer: Paul Lister
Executive Producer: George Faber
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1991

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Title: As The Beast Sleeps
Logline: Award winning Belfast writer Gary Mitchell tells the story of the lifelong friendship between two Loyalists blown apart by political change.
Starring: Stuart Graham, Patrick O’Kane, David Hayman, Colum Convey, Laine Megaw
Writer: Gary Mitchell
Director: Harry Bradbeer
Producer: Robert Cooper, Anthony Rowe
Executive Producer: Robert Cooper
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 24 February 2002

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Title: August Saturday
Logline: Grania and Desmond are happily married. Once a month they meet up with a group of friends for dinner. It is on one of these evenings that Prendergast, whom they haven't seen for fifteen years returns and Grania’s thoughts return to August fifteen years ago.
Starring: Sorcha Cusack, Tim McInnerney, John Kavanagh
Writer: William Trevor
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Producer: Robert Cooper
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1990

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Title: A Breed Of Heroes
Logline: It’s 1971. Fresh faced and eager for heroics the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids and sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humour and the weird rituals of the officer’s mess.
Starring: Sam West, Richard Griffiths, Nicholas Farrell, Jonathan Firth, Robert Bathurst, Natascha McElhone
Awards: Nominated for Best Single Film Television, BAFTA in 1995.
Writer: Charles Wood (Based on the novel by Alan Judd)
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Producer: Andree Molyneux
Executive Producer: Robert Cooper
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC1
Year Of First Transmission: 1994

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Title: The Englishman’s Wife
Logline:

The Englishman's Wife

Film about a woman and her daughter stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyrone. Their economic circumstances are hopeless, but it is friends and former business associates who pose a threat to their happiness.

Starring: Adrian Dunbar, Imelda Staunton, Denys Hawthorne, Laura Hill
Writer: Holly Chandler
Director: Robert Cooper
Producer: Robert Cooper
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1990

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Title: Events At Drimaghleen
Logline:

Events at Drimaghleen

The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade; Hetty Fortune and her TV documentary team travel there to piece those memories together into a story of horror.

Starring: Sophie Ward, T.P. McKenna, Hugh Fraser, Nick Dunning, Kate Binchy, Pat Laffan, John Kavanagh
Writer: William Trevor
Director: Robert Cooper
Producer: Robert Cooper
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland in Association with RTE
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1991

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