Films for RTE

Below is a list of DoubleBand’s past productions for RTE. 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)

  

 Face-off

It is 2.00 am on the 8th December, 1941. Eamon de Valera and Winston Churchill are locked in a bitter argument over Ireland’s determined neutrality...



 Eoin O'Duffy - The Making of an Irish Fascist

Gael, revolutionary, chief of police, founding president of Fine Gael and leader of the Irish Blueshirts. General Eoin O'Duffy was all of these and mo...




 Hunger Strike

A major 2-part contemporary history documentary for RTE One marking the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike It was a battle of wits with ten...



 The Day Football Died

A DoubleBand Films production for Channel 4 and RTE First broadcast: 10.15pm Thursday 14th April 2005 on RTE1 This powerful documentary revisit...




 Hidden History: Joe Cahill - IRA Man

A DoubleBand Films production for RTE First broadcast: 10.30pm on 7th December 2004 on RTE1 for the "Hidden History" strand. Born into the...



 Don’t Look Down

A DoubleBand Films production for RTE in association with BBC Northern Ireland. First broadcast: 5th December, 2000 on RTE "No young person is b...




 A State of Crisis

A DoubleBand Films production for RTE, 1995 A documentary marking the 25th anniversary of the Irish arms crisis. ...



 On the Road/A Place Apart

A DoubleBand Films production for RTE, 1995 Companion-piece profiles of communities, post-Peace Agreement, on the Shankill Road and in South Armagh...




 The Soviet Session

A DoubleBand Films production for BBC and RTE, 1991 A film documentary following a group of Irish traditional musicians on tour to Moscow and the f...



 An Irish Artist In New York

A DoubleBand Films production for RTE and UTV, 1989 A documentary about the experiences of four young Irish artists living and working in New York ...