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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
Love Lies Bleeding
Loving
Rap At the Door,A
Safe House,A
Sinners
Vicious Circle

 


Title: Force Of Duty
Logline: RUC detective Simpson GABBY is consumed by guilt after he fails to act decisively in a moment of terror. As the pressure on him builds, Gabby gradually loses control of his life. Donal McCann stars in this powerful, psychological film.
Starring: Donal McCann, Adrian Dunbar, Patrick Malahide, Ingrid Craigie, Michelle Fairley
Writer: Bill Morrison & Chris Ryder
Director: Pat O’Connor
Producer: Robert Cooper
Executive Producer: George Faber
Production Credits: Produced by BBC Northern Ireland in Association with RTE
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1992

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Title: Henri
Logline: Comedy about a ten year old Protestant country girl who travels to Belfast to take part in a music festival, playing the accordion. A change in accommodation arrangements end with her staying with a Catholic family.
Starring: Kara Bowman, Cheryl O’Dwyer, Michael Gregory, John Hewitt, Simon Magill, Margaret McCann, Sheelagh O’Kane
Awards: 1. Won Best of Category in Division II for TV Category (Drama 60 mins or less) at the Golden Gate Awards 1995.
2. Won Silver Plaque Award in Made for TV Drama at Chicago International Film Festival in October 1994.
3. Won the Special Jury Award at the Celtic Film Festival in March 1994.
Writer: John Forte
Director: Simon Shore
Producer: Colin Tucker
Executive Producer: Robert Cooper, George Faber
Production Credits: A BBC Northern Ireland Production in Association with RTE
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1994

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Title: Holy Cross
Logline: Holy CrossFactually based drama telling the story of two fictional families caught up in the events of September 3rd 2001, on the Ardoyne Road in Belfast. Holy Cross looks at the dispute which arose concerning the rights of schoolgirls from the catholic Ardoyne area of north Belfast to walk a few hundred yards past the predominantly loyalist area of Glenbryn to the Holy Cross primary school.
This story is about fear, identity, community, territory, trust and enmity in a polarised society where politics and community relations have failed.
Starring:

Zara Turner, Bronagh Gallagher, Patrick O'Kane, Colum Convey, Louise Doran, Emma Whyte, Lauren McDonald, Henry Deazley and
Fergal McElherron

Writer: Terry Cafolla
Director: Mark Brozel
Producer: Robert Cooper and Jonathan Curling
Executive Producers: Robert Cooper for BBC and Mary Callery for RTE
Production Credits: A BBC Northern Ireland Production in Association with RTE
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC1
Year Of First Transmission: November 2003

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Title: The Precious Blood
Logline: Rosie Willis (Amanda Burton), haunted by the murder of her husband twelve years ago, cannot forget or forgive. Her teenage son John, who witnessed the killing, is headed towards a life of delinquency fueled by revenge. Then he meets charismatic Born Again preacher Billy McVea (Kevin McNally). For a while hope flickers in their shattered lives...
Starring: Amanda Burton, Kevin McNally, James Ellis, Michelle Fairley, Michael Legge
Awards: 1. Nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Drama Single (April 1997).
2. Received a Silver Dove Award (Unda Prize) at the Monte Carlo Television Festival (February 1997). This is a special jury award for fiction in the light of the subject of the film
3. Nominated for an International Emmy Award (November 1996).
Writer: Graham Reid
Director: John Woods
Producer: Robert Cooper & Anthony Rowe
Executive Producer: Robert Cooper, George Faber
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC2
Year Of First Transmission: 1996

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Title: Life After Life
Logline: Leo Doyle, mid-thirties and single, is released into ceasefire Belfast after serving a life sentence for an IRA murder. But the hero's welcome he expected wears thin when he finds the struggle has no further use for him. Desperate for a cause, Leo tries to rekindle an affair with his former fiancee Roisin, throwing his family into emotional chaos. A moving and funny film by the writer of The Billy Trilogy and You, Me and Marley and director of A Fatal Inversion and Cracker, Tim Fywell.
Starring: Lorcan Cranitch, Ian McElhinney, Marie Jones, B.J. Hogg, John Hewitt, Michelle Fairley, Bridget Turner, Ingrid Craigie, Des McAleer
Awards: Won Gold FIPA for Best Fiction, January 1996.
Writer: Graham Reid
Director: Tim Fywell
Producer: Anthony Rowe
Executive Producer: Robert Cooper, George Faber
Production Credits: BBC Northern Ireland
Genre: Single
Channel: BBC1
Year Of First Transmission: 1995

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