| |  | EOIN O’DUFFY – AN IRISH FASCIST - 30/11/2006
He was a respected revolutionary soldier, a Gael, a successful chief of police, and a founding President of Fine Gael during his controversial life. B...
| |  | Currently in Production - The Extra Mile - 30/11/2006
DoubleBand director Jenny Morris and cameraman Gerard Stratton have just returned from Thailand where they have been observing the work of Belfast cou...
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| |  | Super 8 Stories Christmas Special - 30/11/2006
Christmas came early to DoubleBand Films this year. The Super 8 team are currently getting a festive edition of the popular programme ready for Chr...
| |  | 'Monkey Love’ Shortlisted for Grierson Award - 12/09/2006
DoubleBand Films' documentary ‘Monkey Love’, has now been shortlisted in the Best Documentary on Science or the Natural World category of the prestigi...
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| |  | BBC Commissioning Rounds 2006 - 11/09/2006
We are proud to announce that at the recent BBC Commissioning Round DoubleBand won five commissions. The five documentaries are currently in developm...
| |  | The Lion Game will be broadcast on Wednesday 13th September at 10.45pm on BBC1 NI. - 08/09/2006
The Lion Game is a unique insight into the Causeway Safari Park, perhaps the most audacious tourist attraction in Northern Ireland’s history. Featuri...
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| |  | HUNGER STRIKE DOCUMENTARY READY FOR BROADCAST - 28/04/2006
A major 2-part contemporary history documentary for RTE One marking the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike
TX: Part 1: Tue 2 May 10.15pm &...
| |  | Filming due to begin on 'The Lion Game' - 04/04/2006
DoubleBand Films is about to start filming ‘The Lion Game,’ a 40 minute documentary for BBC Northern Ireland which is scheduled for broadcast this Aut...
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| |  | Super 8 Stories 3: transmission dates announced. - 04/04/2006
Super 8 Stories, BBC Northern Ireland’s home movie series, is ready for your screens.
The series includes stories such as a life in the circus, th...
| | | DOUBLEBAND WINS MAJOR INDUSTRY AWARD FOR SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS - 15/03/2006
At the prestigious Royal Television Society awards in London last night (14th March), DoubleBand, won the award for Best Nations and Regions Programme...
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| | | Filming due to begin on Super 8 Stories - 19/01/2006
After researching through hours of home movie footage, DoubleBand Films has uncovered a great new set of stories for the third series of the hugely po...
| | | Monkey Love on More4 - 09/12/2005
DoubleBand's latest documentary, MONKEY LOVE, is to be shown on More4 this Tuesday, 13th December, at 9.00 pm.
Harry Harlow, American research psyc...
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| |  | Who Killed the Rolling Stone? tx: Monday 7th Nov - 07/11/2005
Who Killed the Rolling Stone
- At the age of 21 Brian Jones was the original Rolling Stone.
- At the age of 27 he was dead, face down, at the bot...
| |  | Belfast to Dachau now ready for broadcast - 19/09/2005
“The first thing we encountered was the smell. A horrible, terrible smell. Then as we approached the camp along the railway line we discovered the end...
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| |  | 'The Evacuees' Premieres At Queen's Film Festival! - 09/09/2005
'The Evacuees' - Doubleband Films production for BBCNI will be premiering at the 43rd Belfast Festival at Queen's on 22nd October.
This 40' documen...
| |  | Doubleband embark on Harry Harlow Biography - 30/08/2005
DoubleBand is about to begin filming a
biography on the life and work of the American psychologist Harry Harlow.
The 50 documentary will be aired ...
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| | | Its Back!! Super 8 Stories III - 03/08/2005
Super 8 Stories, BBC Northern Ireland’s favourite home movie series is back. Once more the hunt is on for your films.
The Past two series have in...
| |  | Filming at Le Tour - 04/07/2005
Michael Hewitt and cameraman David Barker recently filmed at the Tour De France.
Michael and David filmed at the challenging mountain stage of the...
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| |  | Kieran Creagh documentary ready for broadcast - 04/07/2005
A documentary for BBC1 Northern Ireland, revealing the remarkable work of 41 year-old Belfast man Kieran Creagh, has been completed and will be broadc...
| | | Belfast to Dachau completed - 04/07/2005
A documentary on Teddy Dixon, a Belfast man who served with the American 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division during World War II and took part in the liber...
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| |  | Miami now ready for broadcast - 04/07/2005
Post production on "The Day the Music Died", a documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the attack on the Miami Showband, is now complete. The 40 d...
| |  | Heysel documentary broadcast on Channel 4 - 17/05/2005
“How Heysel Changed Football”, a DoubleBand Films’ production for Channel 4 and RTE, has been shown on Channel 4, as part of its Explosive 80s strand....
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| | | "Miami" goes into post production - 10/05/2005
"Miami" (working title), DoubleBand’s latest documentary for BBC 1 Northern Ireland, is now in post-production and will be broadcast in the summer.
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| | | Back to Dachau - 28/04/2005
DoubleBand’s Dermot Lavery and Brian Henry Martin travel to Munich this weekend with Belfast man Edward Dixon for a ceremony to mark the 60th annivers...
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| |  | "Rising Tide" begins on BBC 1 - 25/04/2005
A new three part series by DoubleBand Films for BBC 1 Northern Ireland
Starting Wednesday 27th April at 10.50pm
Fishing is a tough and dangerous...
| |  | The Day Football Died - 12/04/2005
"Heysel: The Day Football Died", a DoubleBand Films production for Channel 4 and RTE, finally comes to the screen this Thursday 14th April at 10.15pm ...
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| |  | Production update - 16/03/2005
Two DoubleBand documentaries - "Rising Tide" for BBC Northern Ireland and "Heysel: The Day English Football Died" for Channel 4 and RTE - are currentl...
| |  | DoubleBand Films Go Down Under - 01/02/2005
At the end of February, DoubleBand directors Dermot Lavery and Michael Hewitt will be jetting off to Adelaide for the Australian International Documen...
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| |  | Italia 2005 - 21/01/2005
Production continues apace on DoubleBand’s latest documentary for Channel 4 and RTE "Heysel: The Day Football Died", as directors Michael Hewitt and B...
| | | DoubleBand looks ahead to a busy 2005 - 11/01/2005
A documentary for RTE on the controversial life of Irish republican Joe Cahill topped off a busy 2004 for DoubleBand, but with 7 commissions in the pi...
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| | | Living With Loss - My African Story - 29/11/2004
DoubleBand Films is currently in production on a documentary for BBC1 Northern Ireland, revealing the remarkable work of 41 year-old Belfast man Kiera...
| |  | Hidden History - Joe Cahill: IRA Man - 24/11/2004
10.30pm, December 7th 2004, RTE 1.
Born into the sectarian hotbed of Belfast in the 1920s, Joe Cahill dedicated his life to the bloody struggle for...
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| |  | New Super 8 Stories are a hit with viewers - 19/11/2004
A sample of public reaction to the second series of Super 8 Stories shown on BBC Northern Ireland in October...
"I enjoyed your programme… You hav...
| |  | Wanted - Evacuees - 26/10/2004
DoubleBand Films are looking for children who were evacuated during World War II for a major new documentary for BBC Northern Ireland.
If you wer...
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| | _thumb.jpg) | Super 8 Stories Returns BBC 1 NI 5-45pm 3rd October - 26/08/2004
Super 8 Stories Series 2 DOUBLEBAND is also busy post-producing the second series of its popular
archive-based series for BBC NORTHERN IRELAND, SUPER...
| |  | Rising Tide - 26/08/2004
DOUBLEBAND FILMS has just begun filming for a new four part documentary
series for BBC NORTHERN IRELAND about the Co-Down fishing town of Kilkeel.
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| |  | East Belfast's Favourite Son Interviewed - 25/08/2004
Septembers issue of Northern Woman contains an indepth interview with DoubleBands own Brian Henry Martin where he tells how the television industry is...
| |  | The Battle With My Brain - 18/08/2004
THE BATTLE WITH MY BRAIN is to shown on Channel Four this Thursday - 19th
August - at 9.00 pm.
Two years in the making, The Battle With My Brain f...
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| |  | We Fought on D-Day - 21/04/2004
A 50 minute landmark documentary by DoubleBand, to be broadcast on BBC 1 Northern Ireland on Wednesday, 2nd June at 10.35pm.
Using rare archive f...
| |  | RTS Awards - 18/03/2004
“Compelling, emotionally engaging and with a very powerful story, [Christine's Children] combined confident restraint with surprising revelation.”
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| |  | Rwanda FC - 04/03/2004
New Channel 4 commission DoubleBand.
Just one week after the announcement of its Company Development Deal with Channel 4, DoubleBand has secur...
| | | Super 8 Stories - 04/03/2004
Super Eight Stories - Series 2
DoubleBand Films is delighted to announce that it has been commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland to produce a second ...
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| |  | Channel 4 Development Deal for DoubleBand Films - 23/02/2004
Pictured at the launch of the development deal from left to right: Dermot Lavery of DoubleBand Films. Richard Williams, Chief Executive of Northe...
| | | Celtic Film Festival - 15/01/2004
DoubleBand is delighted to announce that Christine's Children, the company's
recent documentary for BBC Northern Ireland, has been short-listed f...
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| |  | Profile: Roman Abramovich - 14/10/2003
Double-Band Films is delighted to announce that their documentary for BBC FOUR – PROFILE: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH - is being broadcast on BBC 2, Tuesday 4th ...
| | | Christine's Children - 08/10/2003
If you wish to donate money to help Terry keep his orphanage running please contact:...
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| | | Christines Children - 12/09/2003
Christines Children
BBC NI
DOUBLE-BAND FILMS is delighted to announce that its latest documentary for BBC NI – CHRISTINES CHILDREN - is to be scr...
| | | Profile: Roman Abramovich - 12/09/2003
DOUBLE-BAND FILMS is delighted to announce that its latest documentary for BBC FOUR – PROFILE: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH - is to be screened ON,
26TH SEPTEMBE...
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| |  | War in Mind - 12/09/2003
The Channel 4 documentary War in Mind about David Beresford's battle to overcome Parkinson's Disease has just finished post-production.
There is no...
| | | News Update - 12/09/2003
DOUBLEBAND FILMS
DoubleBand is in the midst of a very busy production period, with a range of
documentaries for BBC Northern Ireland, BBC4 and Cha...
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| | | Super Eight Stories - 29/07/2003
Do you have home movie film to show and a story to share?
For over 75 years now the ordinary people of Northern Ireland have been capturing the impo...
| |  | Christine's Children - 04/07/2003
A DoubleBand Production team, consisting of Producer Dermot Lavery, Director Michael Beattie and cameraman David Barker, have just returned from a sho...
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| |  | Filming in the Philippines - 25/06/2003
Production of Christines Children is underway. Producer Dermot
Lavery, Director Michael Beattie and cameraman David Barker are
currently in the Phi...
| |  | D-Day Shoot - 25/06/2003
A DoubleBand production team - Dermot Lavery, Brian Martin, cameraman David
Barker and sound recordist David Kilpatrick - has just returned from a sh...
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| |  | Rwanda - 06/05/2003
Images from DoubleBand Films recent development shoot in Rwanda...
| |  | Fame at Last - 27/03/2003
Assistant Producer Brian Henry Martin is interviewed for Swedish Channel Four Television....
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| |  | Travel Tales - 27/03/2003
DoubleBand Films is known for being travelled. Over the last few years they have filmed in such far flung locations as Argentina, Cuba and South Afri...
| |  | BBC NI - 24/03/2003
DoubleBand is currently working on a four part series entitled Super-8 Stories for BBC NI. This series will chronicle local stories through the mediu...
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| |  | Seven Days that Shook Sven - 24/03/2003
DOUBLE-BAND FILMS is delighted to announce that its latest documentary for CHANNEL FOUR – SEVEN DAYS THAT SHOOK SVEN - is to be screened at,
9...
| |  | Forensic Pathology - 27/02/2002
Double-Band Films documentary chronicling the work of Northern Irelands State Pathologist is nearing completion. An impressive look into the little k...
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| | | Projects in Hand - 24/01/2002
Double-Band Films has a number of exciting projects in development at the moment. For example the next of our football documentaries, chronicling foo...
| | | More Football Stories - 07/08/2001
Following the success of George Bests Body and Maradona: Kicking the Habit, Double-Band is currently in development with Channel Four on a number of o...
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| |  | George Best’s Body on Channel Four - 24/06/2001
Double-Band’s most recent production, George Best’s Body, was broadcast on Channel Four's Football Stories strand on Monday, 25th June, reaching a UK ...
| |  | George Best’s Body - Press Release - 24/06/2001
In March 2000 George Best was rushed to a private hospital in west London.
Bloated, yellow-skinned and in severe pain, Best was losing a deadly gam...
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