Colum Convey

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.

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.

Белфаст – далеко не курортное место. Там, знаете ли, иногда и стреляют. На этом фоне дружба, а тем более общие дела между католиком и протестантом кажутся немыслимыми. Однако Колм и Джордж ухитрились организовать совместный бизнес по продаже париков в родном городе. Почетные жители Белфаста в шоке и не совсем определились, считать ли героев предателями, или просто идиотами. «Париковый вопрос» медленно, но верно перерастает рамки курьеза, приобретая нешуточное политическое значение, порождая одну абсурдно-комическую ситуацию за другой…

Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally shot dead by the IRA, and her neighbours are constantly raided by the army. In this climate of fear she stands up and condemns the murders. Criticising both factions, her call for a ceasefire is interpreted as an attack against the IRA, and as her peace movement takes momentum, she and her family are placed in the frontline.

Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave and Hugh Bonneville lead an outstanding cast in this mini-series tracing the turbulent political career and tempestuous private life of Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists during the 1930s. The mini series charts Mosley's rise to political notoriety through his personal life – from youthful rising star of the Conservative Party to potential leader of the Labour Party, and later abandonment of conventional party politics to become a figurehead of burgeoning fascism.

It's the mid-nineties in London and a couple meet through a lonely hearts column. She is an middle class English married woman, he is an lonely Irish mechanic. Despite the gulf between them they start an affair.

When boxer Murray Ritchie is framed for rape, he loses his chance of a long-awaited title fight. Released too late by the police, he blames Jack, his veteran trainer and manager, and goes over to rival promoter Tony Farrington. Needing the money, Murray is encouraged to turn to the rough and seedy unlicensed circuit for a fight that would see him banned from professional bouts.

Человек сидит в камере. Его жизнь разделилась на до и после. Неожиданно в помещение входят несколько незнакомцев, завязывают ему глаза, затыкают рот, связывают по рукам и ногам. Голову и все тело обматывают липкой лентой. В результате человек превращается в беспомощное подобие египетской мумии и не может оказать сопротивление. Он не может даже пошевелиться и надеется лишь на то, что его размотают и оставят в покое в какой-нибудь другой камере или в каком-нибудь другом доме. Он начинает философски относиться к этой долгой дороге в специальном потайном отделении тяжелого грузовика, где между двумя такими же «куклами» прячется еще и охранник с пистолетом

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.

In a cell in a London police station, a suspected I.R.A. bomber, Roche, has been detained for questioning. To help them in the interrogation, the London coppers have summoned Nelson, a detective from Northern Ireland's predominantly Protestant police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

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?

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.

Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son.