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The Fear Inside

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for 3 months

A family story of domestic abuse. Mandy McAuley investigates a link between violence at home and women who take their own lives, and hears call for a law change to hold abusers to account. Show more

Contributors

Reporter:
Mandy McAuley
Assistant Editor:
Chris Thornton

Spotlight

The Rise of Race Hate

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for 2 months

Race attacks are on the rise around Belfast – especially in areas where paramilitaries hold sway. Lyndsey investigates behind the hate. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Guy Grandjean
Assistant Editor:
Chris Thornton

Spotlight

Drugs: In Debt and Danger

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Available for 10 days

Mandy McAuley uncovers a hidden world where drug users, including teenagers, are spiralling deeper into crime to pay dealers what they owe. Show more

Contributors

Reporter:
Mandy McAuley
Assistant Editor:
Chris Thornton

Spotlight

Our Dirty War: The British State and the IRA

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC News South Asia

Available for 17 days

Secret killer and super-spy: the Stakeknife inquiry leads Peter Taylor to revisit the brutal covert war between Britain and the IRA. Chilling tapes and victims reflect the horror. Show more

Contributors

Reporter:
Peter Taylor
Assistant Editor:
Chris Thornton

Spotlight

30 Years Behind the Mask

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for 24 days

Thirty years after they declared ceasefires, the UVF replaces its leadership in east Belfast. Are loyalist groups moving away from paramilitarism? Conor Spackman investigates. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Guy Grandjean
Assistant Editor:
Chris Thornton

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 8 months

Ensemble comedy drama. An opera star arrives at a performers' retirement home amidst fraught preparations for a fundraising concert. Her presence adds to the tension. Show more

Contributors

Jean Horton:
Maggie Smith
Reggie Paget:
Tom Courtenay
Wilf Bond:
Billy Connolly
Cissy Robson:
Pauline Collins
Cedric Livingston:
Michael Gambon
Dr Lucy Cogan:
Sheridan Smith
Bobby Swanson:
Andrew Sachs
Anne Langley:
Gwyneth Jones
Frank White:
Michael Byrne

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Spotlight

13/10/2015

Duration: 1 hour

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

After the death in prison custody in England of serial sexual predator and murderer Robert Howard, Darragh MacIntyre asks why the authorities in Northern Ireland couldn't stop him.

Contributors

Producer:
Declan Lawn
Producer:
Sarah Mole
Producer:
Lena Ferguson
Assistant Producer:
Imelda Lynch
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

08/12/2015

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Hard-hitting investigations. The families of civilians apparently shot dead by soldiers during the Troubles are demanding that the government opens its files to reveal the truth.

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Mole
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

The Good Republican

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Jennifer O'Leary investigates leading republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy and asks what his recent conviction means for Sinn Fein in the forthcoming Irish election.

Contributors

Producer:
Maurice May
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

First Minister's First Month

Duration: 35 minutes

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

Declan Lawn examines new first minister Arlene Foster's rise from a childhood during the Troubles to the top of the country's political establishment. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Declan Lawn
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

Robert Black - Caught on Tape

Duration: 1 hour

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

Hard-hitting investigations. Chris Moore examines the life of murderer Robert Black, who was jailed for killing Jennifer Cardy and three other girls. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Moore
Producer:
Lena Ferguson
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

The Leaders' Debate

Episode 1: The Leaders' Debate

Duration: 59 minutes

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

In front of a live studio audience, Noel Thompson hosts a special debate featuring Arlene Foster, Martin McGuinness, Colum Eastwood, Mike Nesbitt and David Ford. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Noel Thompson
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones
Panellist:
Arlene Foster
Panellist:
Colum Eastwood
Panellist:
Mike Nesbitt
Panellist:
David Ford

Spotlight

Stalking Law

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Stephen Dempster asks why NI doesn't have legislation making stalking a specific crime and hears from victims who claim the law has let them down.

Spotlight

Brexit

Duration: 1 hour

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

In a special programme, Spotlight asks what the UK's decision to leave the European Union means for Northern Ireland and what will happen next.

Contributors

Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

Spy in the IRA

Duration: 1 hour

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

Hard-hitting investigations. Jennifer O'Leary investigates a clash between the state and the IRA in the intelligence war. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Imelda Lynch
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

11/10/2016

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Bronagh Munro investigates the political fight over funds that would speed up the process of getting families answers over the Troubles killings of their loved ones. Show more

Contributors

Reporter:
Bronagh Munro
Producer:
Sarah Mole
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

18/10/2016

Duration: 30 minutes

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

A studio audience puts questions to a panel of politicians. With Gavin Robinson, John O'Dowd, Naomi Long, Mike Nesbitt and Colum Eastwood. Noel Thompson presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Noel Thompson
Panellist:
Gavin Robinson
Panellist:
John O'Dowd
Panellist:
Naomi Long
Panellist:
Mike Nesbitt
Panellist:
Colum Eastwood
Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones

Spotlight

Trump's America

Duration: 33 minutes

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

In a special report from the US, Jennifer O'Leary asks the Irish in New York what Donald Trump's election will mean for their lives and for Northern Ireland.

Contributors

Deputy Editor:
Gwyneth Jones