Films for BBC

Below is a list of DoubleBand’s past productions for BBC. Click on the images for more information on each piece of work.

Some past productions have .mov samples. To view the movies simply click here. Click here to download the free Quicktime player.

(All samples are between 1mb and 3mb to allow for quick download times)

  

 A Year In Sex City

Director Jenny Morris is about to embark on her third shoot in Thailand for The Extra Mile (working title), DoubleBand’s documentary for BBC NI explor...



 Super 8 Stories Christmas Special

Taking the best elements of the popular Super 8 Stories series, this one off Christmas special uses home movies and personal recollections to take a h...




 The Lost City Of Craigavon

2007 marks the fortieth anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone - in the green fields of north Armagh - for what was planned as a great new ...



 The Poppy Day Bomb

On Sunday 8 November 1987, an IRA bomb exploded as people gathered to mark Remembrance Sunday in Enniskillen. Made to mark the twentieth anniversary o...




 The Lion Game

In the 1970s the Causeway Safari Park in north Antrim was one of Northern Ireland’s most popular tourist attractions. But for the couple that created...



 Play It Again Sam

A unique and colourful renaissance man, writer Sam McAughtry is a quintessential Belfast character. A man who has experienced the highs of critical ac...




 The Day the Music Died

“We were a band that brought people together.” Steve Travers - The Miami Or so they thought. In the 1960’s and 70’s the showbands brought respit...



 Love and Loss: My African Story

Keiran Creagh is a priest from Belfast. His parish, though, is in a township in Pretoria, South Africa; and it’s a parish where around 40% of 17-40 y...




 From Belfast To Dachau

“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...



 The Evacuees

“They said it was just a wee trip, they didn’t tell me it was for three years…” The Second World War, (universally acknowledged to be the most horr...




 Rising Tide

A three part series by DoubleBand Films for BBC 1 Northern Ireland First broadcast: 10.50pm on Wednesday 27th April on BBC 1 Northern Ireland ...



 We Fought On D-Day

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC Northern Ireland First broadcast: 10.35pm on Wednesday 2nd June 2004 on BBC 1 Northern Ireland Using rar...




 Roman Abramovich

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC 4 and BBC 2 Roman Abramovich. The enigmatic Russian billionaire whose recent purchase of Chelsea FC, and a...



 Christines Children

25 years ago Christine Lockhart died childless in the IRA bombing of La Mon House Hotel, one of the most savage acts of the Northern Irish trouble...




 Too Late For Names

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC Northern Ireland, 1998 "When you lose your baby you lose your future." Too Late For Names is a documentary...



 Women’s Work

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC Northern Ireland, 1997 A documentary about the role of women in politics in Northern Ireland. ...




 Down the Street of Dreams

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC2 First broadcast: 2nd April, 1996. "Since I started boxing when I was eight years...



 More Than A Game

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC Northern Ireland, 1995 A film documentary on Gaelic football, exploring the passions that the sport creates, ...




 The Trouble With Art

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC and RTE, 1994 A film documentary exploring the role of visual artists in the north of Ireland....



 Chalkmarks

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC 2, 1994 A short film looking at the effects of the ‘Troubles’ on education in Northern Ireland. ‘25 Bloody Ye...




 Between The Hedges

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC Northern Ireland, 1993 An award-winning film documentary looking at the sport and sub-culture of motorcycle r...



 Belfast Boxers

A DoubleBand Films production for the BBC, 1993 A film documentary exploring the world of boxing in the city of Belfast. ...




 Hard Act

An Aisling Films production for BBC Northern Ireland directed by Michael Hewitt, DoubleBand, 1993 A film documentary about young offenders in Belfa...