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Murder in the Badlands

Series 1

The Murder of Marian Beattie

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Available for 1 month

Series revisiting horrendous, cold case murders that take the audience on a journey across the badlands of Ulster in the four decades between 1973 and 2005. Behind each story is the bubbling context of the Northern Ireland of the time, a place engulfed in sectarian conflict.

This episode tells the inside story of the murder of Marian Beattie. In 1973, the Portadown teenager had travelled with her brother and friend to attend a charity dance in Aughnacloy. The body of the 18-year-old girl was found at the foot of a cliff in a quarry along a narrow country road. Show less

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Mary McKeagney
Production Company:
Fine Point Films
Production Company:
Cyprus Avenue Films

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