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Those Were The Days North West

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Those Were The Days – North West

4 x 30 minute series

Return of the popular and nostalgic series that delves deep into the BBC archives, this time revealing the changing face of everyday life in the north west.

Marking the occasion of Derry/Londonderry becoming the first ever UK City of Culture, each episode is themed after a favourite song from the city; Teenage Kicks, The Town I Loved So Well, All Kinds Of Everything and Things Can Only Get Better. These classic songs begin our journey through the archives to explore the rich cultural heritage of the region.

This special series of Those Were the Days is a celebration of the unique North West spirit, as told by the favourite sons and daughters of the region. Narrated by Richard Dormer and featuring contributions from Phil Coulter, Dana, Peter Cunnah, Billy Doherty (The Undertones), Gerry Anderson, Sean Coyle and Hugo Duncan. As well as revealing archive featuring playwright Brian Friel, champion boxer Billy ‘Spider’ Kelly, US President Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Connolly.

“I think it is absolutely crucial that we hold on to unique moments in time” says music legend Dana. “Archive is invaluable” says interviewee Margo Harkin “It’s the way we know about our past and helps us to move forward” “I think that what is most important about looking back and looking through the archive of the past” says journalist Eamonn McCann “Is that I am filled with hope about what we can make of the future.”

Dan Cruickshank’s Written In Stone series acquired by BBC4:Wednesday 29th May 8pm

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Dan Cruickshank’s Written In Stone has been acquired by BBC4. Episodes one and two will air Wednesday 29th May. The first episode ‘Forts and Castles’ will go out at 8pm and the second episode ‘Country Houses’ will follow that at 8.30pm.

THE SIEGE- Monday 15th April BBC1 NI 10:35pm

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The Siege of Derry was a pivotal moment in the history of Ireland and Britain and one that placed the city at the heart of a European-wide struggle. In this documentary writer Carlo Gébler explores the remarkable story of this dramatic and bloody event – one that has shaped the course of our history to Continue Reading

14 DAYS- Monday 11th March BBC1 NI 9pm

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Over fourteen days in March 1988 a sequence of traumatic events shook Northern Ireland to its core and shocked the world. But it was also

14 DAYS that compelled one man, Redemptorist priest Fr Alec Reid, to find a way out of the deadly cycle of violence.

Dan Cruickshank’s Written In Stone: Sunday 24th February BBC1 NI 6:05pm

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Dan Cruickshank is Britain’s leading art & architectural historian. In this series Dan takes us on a personal journey to explore various aspects of Ulster’s architectural history.

The series will feature four themed episodes, Forts and Castles, Country Life, Sacred Spaces, and City of Industry. In each episode Dan will examine how a particular style and form of building evolved through the influence of invasion, wealth, religion, and industry.

In each case, Dan will explore the stories of not only the buildings but also the people who built, lived and worked in them, including the Normans, the Ulster-Scots, the landed gentry and the workers and industrialists of the linen age.

A Day In The Life: Tuesday 29th January Ch4 12.15am

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This collection of original short films for Ch4 features Fish Supper: An eccentric urban fisherman tries to catch the perfect fish supper from the Thames and Thabo: A young man’s crisis of faith on the day he returns to South Africa, where the church remains highly homophobic.

An Ode To Burns And Ulster: Friday 25th January BBC2 NI 9PM

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In An Ode To Burns And Ulster: Scottish presenter Neil Oliver crosses the Irish Sea to see why his fellow countryman’s poetry and songs have had such an impact in Ulster.
Neil Oliver says: “This has been an intriguing journey for me. Hearing how people here, in Ulster, have been affected by Burns has allowed me, as a Scot, to see my own national poet in a different light. It has added new dimensions to the man and his work.”

The Ulster Covenant: Thursday 27th September 9pm BBC1NI

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To mark the centenary of this extraordinary episode from British and Irish history, in this new documentary William Crawley sets out to explore the story of the Ulster Covenant. An event that is cloaked in mystery, myth and misconception but that was to shape the political landscape we live in today.

Cilla’s Unswung Sixties

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The ‘swinging sixties’ are remembered as the decade in which a generation turned on, tuned in and dropped out. However, the reality is that for most people living in Britain the sixties were not that ‘groovy’.

Presented by Liverpool’s Queen of showbiz, Cilla Black, Cilla’s Unswung Sixties tells the real story of Britain’s popular culture in a decade synonymous with music and fashion. Drawing on her own memories and experiences Cilla is uniquely placed, as the girl next door turned superstar, to reveal what the great British public was really wearing in the 1960s, what records they bought and what they liked to do at the weekend.

Debunking myths and sidestepping stereotypes through the testimonies and archives of people who were there, The Unswung Sixties will show a very different but equally colourful decade, as experienced by ordinary men, women and families in the UK.

Cilla’s Unswung Sixties is set to be a trip down memory lane and for those who weren’t lucky enough to be there it will be a real eye opener to what the legendary decade was really like.

Tune in to see Cilla’s Unswung Sixties in March 2012 on the UK’s leading history channel, Yesterday.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS SERIES 2

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Back by popular demand…. DoubleBand’s archive series, Those Were The Days returns to BBC One Northern Ireland, starting on Monday, 7^th November at 10.35 pm.

With its rich mix of footage from BBC Northern Ireland’s archive, personal recollections and observations on days gone by, the new six-part series brings another welcome dose of nostalgia to our screens.