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Children of the North

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A contemporary thriller in four parts by Michael Hale from the novels of M S Power, starring Michael Gough
Patrick Malahide
Two MI6 officers are shot in a car near the border. Col Mailer , in harness with RUC Special Branch officer John Axton , hunts the marksman. IRA godfather Seamus Reilly pulls young Martin Deeley out of active service and recruits the old, eccentric Arthur Apple.
ProducerChris Parr Director David Drury ● STEREO
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Hale
Unknown:
Michael Gough
Unknown:
Patrick Malahide
Unknown:
Col Mailer
Unknown:
John Axton
Unknown:
Martin Deeley
Apple:
Michael Gough
Col Mailer:
Patrick Mauhide
Axton:
Tony Doyle
Daphne:
Lynda Steadman
Donovan:
Joseph Crilly
Reilly:
John Kavanagh
Deeley:
Adrian Dunbar
Larry Heneghan:
Sean Kearns
Ballister:
Paul Brooke
Official:
Donald Pickering
IRA Chief of Staff:
Sean Caffrey
Mc Illiver:
Brian McGrath
Fergal:
Frankie McCafferty
Nancy Mailer:
Joanna David
Kate:
Michelle Fairley
Source: Radio Times

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