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True North

Series 13

The Dementia-Friendly Barber

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Is dementia the end? Or can life still be worth living? Bangor barber Lenny White cuts the hair of men with dementia and offers them his unique form of therapy. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Johnny Muir
Director:
Johnny Muir
Executive Producer:
Mary McKeagney
Assistant Producer:
Rebecca Armstrong

True North

Series 13

Shankill by the Sea

Duration: 29 minutes

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

An intimate portrait of caravan life on the Ards Peninsula, telling the personal stories of those who leave their problems behind in the city and flock to their home from home by the seaside.
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True North

Series 13

Big Night at the Bingo

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

The women in a Belfast bingo hall hope their final number will come up and land them the big win. And with prize money in four figures, tonight the house is going to be a full! Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Johnny Muir
Director:
Johnny Muir
Executive Producer:
Mary McKeagney

True North

Series 13

Strippograms - Bras, Baby Oil and Balaclavas

Duration: 39 minutes

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

Revealing documentary following a Belfast strippogram agency and its performers - including their most popular act, Balaclava Woman. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Alison Millar
Executive Producer:
Mike Connolly

True North

Series 13

Hell or High Water

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Sixty-year-old Shirley sets out on an epic journey to row 3,000 miles unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean while her sister, Evelyn, battles a rare incurable cancer back home in Northern Ireland. Show more

True North

Series 13

Soul Singers

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Soul Singers follows the journey of members of the Belfast Community Gospel Choir as they prepare for their annual winter concert, exploring choir members' stories. Show more

True North

Series 13

When Boxing Ends

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Fighters make sacrifices to become champions. As their careers come to an end, they face their toughest fight - stepping away from the ring and adjusting to life after boxing. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Emma-Rosa Dias
Director:
Ally McKenzie
Producer:
Ally McKenzie
Production Company:
Afro-Mic Productions
Production Company:
Sideline Films

True North

Series 13

Saving the Shipyard

Duration: 29 minutes

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

The inside story of the Belfast workers who helped rescue Harland & Wolff from closure when it entered administration in the summer of 2019. Show more

True North

Series 13

Belfast to Baghdad

Duration: 58 minutes

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

When a group of painters and decorators from Northern Ireland arrived in Baghdad 30 years ago they found themselves at the centre of an international crisis. Show more

True North

Series 13

The First Generation

Duration: 28 minutes

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

A heartwarming documentary in which Stephen Walker meets some of Northern Ireland’s oldest citizens – men and women born in 1921, the same year that the state came into existence. Show more

True North

Series 13

From Tractors to Actors

Duration: 29 minutes

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

The Moycraig Young Farmers prepare to tour their famous three-act play across the country before returning to Mosside for their homecoming show. Show more

True North

Series 13

The Girl with the Colourful Leg

Duration: 27 minutes

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

Available for years

Charity ambassador, model and actress Bernadette Hagans celebrates the 'inclusion revolution' and makes history as the first amputee to take part in Miss Northern Ireland 2021. Show more

True North

Series 13

Cherrie, Me and HIV

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Documentary about living with HIV in Northern Ireland through the experience of Matthew and his drag queen persona Cherrie Ontop. Have attitudes changed and is a cure on the cards? Show more

True North

Series 13

Restoring Ormiston

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for 7 months

The ambitious restoration of one of Belfast’s most historic homes. Show more

Contributors

Editor:
Ryan Ralph
Director:
Andrew Pugh
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Executive Producer:
Michael Fanning

True North

Series 13

The Last Rabbit Catcher

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Steven McGonigal has abandoned a career in the world of finance to pursue a childhood ambition - to become a professional rabbit catcher. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Patrick Mahon
Director:
Patrick Mahon
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding

True North

Series 13

Lagan Dragons

Duration: 29 minutes

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

True North: Lagan Dragons tells the personal stories behind the women who paddle their way to health after having had breast cancer. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
David Cumming
Director:
Milene Fegan

True North

Series 13

Born to Riverdance

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Amy-Mae Dolan lives and breathes Irish dancing, but has she got what it takes to be the female lead in a special 25th anniversary performance of hit show Riverdance? Show more

True North

Series 13

Keeping Up With the Maileys

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Tricia Mailey and two of her children were born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Their experiences give them a very different perspective on the world. Show more

True North

Series 13

Episode 5: The Formal

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Documentary following fifth and sixth formers across the country as they prepare for the biggest event in the school leavers' calendar - the school prom. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Breen
Director:
Sarah Breen
Executive Producer:
Jannine Waddell
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Production Company:
Waddell Media

True North

Series 13

The Slim Club

Duration: 29 minutes

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

An intimate glimpse into an East Belfast weight-loss class and the lives of a group of people determined to shed a few pounds. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Patricia Moore
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Editor:
David Gray