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Series 14

Art Behind Bars

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for 6 months

For the first time since his release, Stephen Greer returns to the prison where he learnt to paint to teach art to offenders. Will art transform their lives as it did his? Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Executive Producer:
Keith Doyle
Executive Producer:
Mike Williams

True North

Series 4

Episode 1: More Than a Flag

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Documentary in which Dan Gordon recruits young Protestant bandsmen in east Belfast for a unique theatre project that explores questions about their history, identity and the flag. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Gordon
Executive Producer:
Diarmuid Lavery
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Production Company:
DoubleBand Productions

True North

Series 7

Episode 5: Gift From Death

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Documentary seeking to understand why some people choose to leave their bodies to medical science after death. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Larry Bass
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding

True North

Series 14

Death Row Letters

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for 3 months

For 25 years, Gerry Osborne has been writing to Tommy Zeigler on death row. Though they’ve never met, the two men have supported each other through the ups and downs of life. Show more

True North

Series 13

Tanorama

Duration: 29 minutes

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

This intimate film takes us into into a world where tanning addicts turn to anything to achieve that perfect ‘glow'.
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Contributors

Director:
Sam Jones
Producer:
Sam Jones
Executive Producer:
Alison Millar
Executive Producer:
Fiona Keane
Production Company:
Erica Starling Productions

True North

Series 5

Episode 2: The Whistle Blowers

Duration: 30 minutes

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

David Jeffrey narrates a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a successful football referee in Northern Ireland. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
John Anthony
Director:
John Anthony
Executive Producer:
Gemma Cunnigham

True North

Series 13

Dame Kelly: The Power of Parkrun - Our Lives

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Dame Kelly Holmes explores the rise of parkrun and the mental health benefits of running, in the build-up to the launch of a new run in Northern Ireland. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kelly Holmes
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Executive Producer:
Michael Fanning
Director:
Andrew Pugh
Production Company:
Below the Radar Limited

True North

Series 2

Episode 2: Run Grandad Run

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Two sporting veterans explain how their history and attitudes to ageing and life have helped them enjoy many decades of competitive sport. Show more

True North

Series 14

Pull

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Garvagh tug-of-war team is determined to win the Northern Ireland championships. Through a gruelling training regime and diet, they must collectively lose 90kg to make the weight. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Brian Martin
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Executive Producer:
Des Henderson

True North

Series 7

Episode 1: My Wig and Me

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Documentary charting the inspirational stories of the women who have experienced the trauma of losing their hair through cancer and alopecia. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Des Henderson
Camera Operator:
Des Henderson
Executive Producer:
Deirdre Devlin

True North

Series 11

Episode 2: Bullet Men

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Following the competitors of road bowls - hurling steel cannonballs down country lanes - over the course of a road-bowling season in Armagh. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Des Henderson
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Production Company:
Alleycats TV

True North

Real Life Superheroes

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Self-confessed nerd Ed Byrne is in Northern Ireland to meet a community of people who enjoy comic books and movies so much they transform themselves into superheroes for fun. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ed Byrne
Director:
Des Henderson
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Production Company:
Alleycats TV

True North

Series 6

Episode 4: Everything Must Go

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Documentary about Craig Morrison, who finds a wealth of belongings and personal stories while clearing houses. Show more

Contributors

Camera Operator:
Mairtin de Barra

True North

Series 6

Episode 5: Crossmaglen: Field of Dreams

Duration: 1 hour

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

Documentary following attempts by Crossmaglen GAA club's new managers, Oisin McConville and John McEntee, to guide the next generation of players to victory. Show more

True North

Shorts

Episode 3: A Life of Death

Duration: 5 minutes

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

An insight into Northern Ireland's funeral business and the importance of breaking down taboos around one of life's inevitabilities.

Contributors

Producer:
Ross McClean
Executive Producer:
Natalie Maynes

True North

Shorts

Episode 2: Meet Max

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Documentary about a Belfast teenager with Asperger's who dreams of fitting in and being accepted for who he is. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Emma Dunseith

True North

Series 5

Episode 3: Boys of '69

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Documentary reuniting a group of former altar boys, who witnessed the outbreak of sectarian violence on the doorstep of Holy Cross church in Ardoyne, north Belfast. Show more

Contributors