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The St. Patrick’s Day season brings with it two movies featuring Irish actors – one an established veteran and the other a versatile up and comer. First, there’s the always-busy Ciaran Hinds in McCanick. The crime flick features David Morse as the title character, a detective driven to the brink of insanity during his pursuit of an ex-con just released from prison. Belfast-born Hinds plays the harried chief of police trying to keep his detectives on the right side of the law. There is a tinge of real-life sadness in McCanick. The mysterious ex-con is played by Cory Monteith, the youn...

Bloodlands: First look at James Nesbitt's new crime drama filmed in Belfast Mr Nesbitt said that Northern Ireland "has a film and television industry as good as any in the world" Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticee...

Anticipation for the upcoming crime drama Bloodlands produced by Line of Duty and Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio ramped up this week as the BBC released a new trailer.   The four-part thriller, set in Northern Ireland, stars James Nesbitt as police detective Tom Brannick, who is on the hunt for a serial killer known as Goliath.  The 40-second teaser reveals that the evasive murderer is responsible for killing Brannick's wife while he was at large 20 years ago. The BBC One series, directed by Omagh and Dredd's Pete Travis, sees Brannick re-open the cold case after a possible suicide note ...

There is something soothing about watching television made wholly for a foreign audience. Not a foreign audience+Netflix. Not a foreign audience+PBS. Not a foreign audience+global cult comedy and/or sci-fi fans. Just, television not made with American audiences (or critics, or trending topic hot takes) top of mind. Not only is all the baggage that accompanies watching television made for a native audience absent, the pressure to participate in any hashtag watercooler conversations about it is rendered moot. As much as I love being intellectually, ideologically invested in the art made for my ...

Comic Paddy Raff says he never had any plans to be on TV. But he’s now become the busiest man in showbiz with a pilot, a Christmas special and two series in less than a year. Paddy is back with another slice of Granny Raff, Nigel and Fr Pat next week and admits he’s pinching himself that his career has taken off. “It’s all happened so fast I haven’t had time to take it all in or get a big head about,” he says. “I never had any ambitions to be on TV. “I grew up watching Give My Head Peace and all the stuff the Hole in the Wall Gang do and now I’m in the same TV schedules a...