One of the most memorable TV series and theme songs ever.

@mishaskyhawk6765

25 күн бұрын

I absolutely agree, it was an insight into the true nature of life in Northern Ireland. Theme song by Clannad, I still have it. Hauntingly beautiful.

@GG-jw8pt

16 күн бұрын

Enya.

@AnyFuleKnoThat

15 күн бұрын

@@GG-jw8pt No not Enya, theme song is by Clannad

@waynemulley

Күн бұрын

@@AnyFuleKnoThat And who sang in Clannad? Enya...

Watched this as a kid remembered the name worth a watch

This was when television was worth watching. Real programs not just an endless processions of reality shows and Dlist celebrities 😅

@helmethead72

16 күн бұрын

Well said, and can you imagine how many crappy advert breaks would ruin each episode?

@E-Kat

12 күн бұрын

That's why I don't watch tv for years now!

@alangemmell5398

11 күн бұрын

Well said Sir.

@notimportant1404

3 күн бұрын

Back when white folk were allowed on TV.

@oreilly1237878

3 күн бұрын

Best to throw your t.v. away.

Superb television. I saw it when it was broadcast. Never seen it anywhere since. Not repeated. Not on streaming services. Liked and subscribed. Made Clannad superstars.

@christopherchristos7275

4 ай бұрын

I recently purchased it on dvd. Fantastic series

@CARLIN4737

3 ай бұрын

Clannad are the only bit i didnt like?@@christopherchristos7275

@Utube74674

Ай бұрын

In what way Superstars? Explain yoursel ?

@robertcottam8824

24 күн бұрын

@@Utube74674 Well. All popular, like. Sold millions o’ records in UK, rest o’ Europe, Canada, USA ‘n’ Australia innit?

@user-zc4so8pz3k

19 күн бұрын

yes haven't seen it for over 40 years, enjoy,

one of the best television dramas ever made. Thank you so much for making it available.

This just sorta popped up in my feed, so I started watching and boy the fast action drew me right in. This is a really good show I haven't heard of before. Worth watching that's for sure.

I saw this first time round, never forgot it. And here it is ! Thank you so much. ❤

Wow! This show is great! Thanks for sharing

Wow I just got this as a recommendation from you tube. I was about 10 years old when this first came out but I remember my wee da watching this and he has passed away now so thanks for the memories ❤

Watched it again having heard the theme as a question on Ken Bruce's Popmaster .! Very moving indeed and still as good when I first watched it back in 82 .!

What a gem! Thanks for the upload. Saw it once, nearly 40 years ago, never forgot it.

A movie called The Foreigner (2017) is good too. It deals with a more recent situation. Well worth watching.

Wonderful television . Nothing comes close today .

Such an evocative and atmospheric drama. I ended up resenting the senior British figures and thinking Harry a fool.

@ennesshay5040

7 күн бұрын

'Hidden Agenda' [ 1990 ] film starring Brian Cox, Frances McDormand and directed by Ken Loach

Often heard about this but never saw it....grew up in that hole !!

Came here after discovering "Sandbaggers". Amazing television.

@michaelwhittaker5432

14 күн бұрын

just mentioned that !! a great forgotten series

@paranormaltheorist

14 күн бұрын

@FeeOzymandias-qi5ot His disappearance added yet another legendary facet to an already unassailably cool show, didn't it?

Excellent film. I should add that there was a sort of sequel book called 'Field of Blood' also about Northern Ireland. The only character who returns is Inspector Rennie, now played by Timothy Dalton. A film was made of 'Field of Blood' but re-titled 'The IRA Informant.' It is available on DVD.

Been waiting forever to see this series. Thank you.

Fantastic series, loved it then and I'll enjoy it again now thanks again.

@irishganglandarchive4964

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hope you enjoy it again. I hadn't seen it since it was first broadcast myself

@DaveSCameron

Жыл бұрын

@@irishganglandarchive4964 👋

Left Belfast in 1968. Very real portrayal. Only thing that struck me was few Catholics were named Billy or Harry.

Thank you for sharing this its been years since I have seen it.

Not difficult to see how controversial this series was, featuring the murder a Government minister in broad daylight. It was only months before when Airey Neave and Lord Mountbatten had been murdered. You can understand why the authorities might have been anxious about this story line.

One of few novels that is exactly as you would imagine it on the screen. I can pay it no higher compliment - just superb with one of the most shocking endings that I have ever seen in a TV series. Just brilliant.

Great TV - back when ITV made decent stuff. I love the theme song by Clannad. I still have this on DVD.

Excellent, but gritty production. Interesting to see that British commercial telly had it's first ads at a natural break at 23 min, if that were Australian commercial TV, the first ad break would be at 7 min, then every 6 mins, thus destroying all of the flow, tension and drama for the sake of selling future landfill.

@benisrood

11 ай бұрын

Objectively, it was a better time overall. I'd rather have a filthy Northern Line (or Bakerloo Line) and this world.

I served two tours on Op Banner in Londonderry. This depiction is very realistic - that 1 ton Humber armoured ‘pig’ - what a beast. We never did manage to kill McGuinness.

@lordeden2732

7 күн бұрын

He was an MI5 spy

@rightmarker1

7 күн бұрын

@@lordeden2732 I never bought into that stuff. McGuinness certainly had blood on his hands from direct involvement in murders of some RUC men and others including at least one officer in the UDR. He was a degenerate cowardly little man.

@simoncampbell3144

5 күн бұрын

I never tried to , just played the game , same as everyone else

I've never heard of this series before but I'm very much enjoying it. Thank you

Crikey l spent years looking for this !! missed it the first time around ! Parents weren't interested !! l got so fed up with not finding it l purchased it on DVD about 3 years ago !

@rogerhawkins6433

4 күн бұрын

Me too …. Precisely the same story! 😊

@rogerhawkins6433

4 күн бұрын

So … the chief of police retired to the village of Dibley after this terrible incident…..😅

I've never seem this anywhere in N.America on the 80s when I was a teenager - neither PBS or TVO [Ontario public TV] re-broadcast it. This is phenomenal television if you understand the times being depicted.

Thanks for uploading the series. 👍👍👍

I worked in a factory in Liverpool,in the mid 80’s,one of my best mates there said there was an I.R.A bag man living next to him,he had no clue untill the bizzies said “Didn’t any of your family notice he left with one bag and came back with two”😳😳😳Scary times them.

@andrewhoward7200

24 күн бұрын

What are bizzies. And what's the significance of the two bags.

@pudsrus2

24 күн бұрын

@@andrewhoward7200 Police,and if you go for a weekend away you come back with the same ammount of bags/luggage usually.Are you really that slow,or just get up early and practice?

@stephensmith4480

15 күн бұрын

@@pudsrus2 Liverpool was a hotbed of sectarianism back in the day so I can well imagine it mate.

Just got this as a rec. love it. Thanks !

An excellent adaptation of Gerald Seymour’s novel.

Thank you for posting this . Should not show my age . May have been six at the time but remember very well when this showed though cannot remember if it was BBC1 or ITV or Channel 4 cannot remember what happened forty two seconds ago let alone forty two years ago . What a beautiful series , excellent cast all favorites one of the best ever made .

great theme music, mind watching this when I was a kid.

I actually read the book ...this is superb...shame that the tv series didn't last..( maggie reilly / mike oldfield) moonlight shadow, This along with the drama threads...outstanding

The PAL master tape version was wiped by accident and therefore the NTSC version as seen here survives.

I have this on dvd....great TV

@chrisholland7367

17 күн бұрын

I also have it on DVD absolutely brilliant.

What a cracking car the Rover SD1 was

Just found this ! Love Ray Lonnen.

One of the most haunting theme tunes ever used for a TV series. Performed by Clannad who gave us Enya with her beautiful voice.

@WDH59510

7 күн бұрын

The voice you hear isn't Enya's but that of her sister (Moya Brennan).

@Chris-rw2be

6 күн бұрын

​@@WDH59510Yes true, but Enya was in the band early on.

@WDH59510

6 күн бұрын

​@@Chris-rw2beindeed she was

This suddenly popped into my mind, watching this quality drama from Yorkshire Television. (My grandfather was a heating engineer for them). I seem to remember (unsure of date) when the IRA let off a grenade or something similar it was fired into the backyard of No.10 Downing Street, that certainly got the journalists typing like fury.

@stephensmith4480

15 күн бұрын

It was a Mortar attack in Feb 1991.

@HookBeak_66

15 күн бұрын

@@stephensmith4480 Thanks for the update.

@stephensmith4480

15 күн бұрын

@@HookBeak_66 👍👍

Actually filmed in Leeds...Meanwood..

Thanks for this.

Since watching this the first first time round I've read every book Gerald Seymour wrote zThe best thriller and espionage writer in the country

Hairy work with an accent as wobbly as that. I'd always heard good things about this series but never saw it. Thank you for posting.

Thanks, this is a compelling program.

More like a play in parts. Very good indeed. enjoyed that.

Brilliant thank you

The superb actor Ray Lonnen , would have made a great james Bond I reckon , if you like Harrys game look out for another T.V series from the same time staring Ray Lonnen as well its called the `Sand baggers` about the British Intelligence service ,just brilliant

Love the music at the end of episode!

Excellent !!!

Wish the ads had been left in.

Great book great series. And the theme is brilliant by Clannad.

Brilliant. I watched it when it was first screened and managed to get a copy on Disc off ebay many years later which I still have. I have been past that BBC Building so many times. They opened a Weatherspoons right next to it, my missus is a Belfast Girl.

As an aside, I owned the Rover 2600 police car (CYW) seen early on a couple of times - around 35 years ago.

Colonel Frost should know that you never salute an officer who`s not wearing a cap. But gripping TV all the same for us who remember it from 1st time around.

Top tip - when going under cover on the Falls Road - don't take an Army suitcase.

@dexadrinepancake

11 күн бұрын

My father had one like that. Obviously from his demob kit.

@Campingwilder

10 күн бұрын

very popular saying back in the day.

@christosshugeh9573

7 күн бұрын

He was pretending to be merchant seaman, they had this type too. In a way it was a good ploy. Any of the IRA know it was a British issue suit case and anyone using one couldn't be a British agent, as they knew the score, and would know a agent wouldnt use one.Where as a supposedly returning seaman wouldn't bat an eyelid.

Amazing how white London was just 42years ago.

I wonder if that Harry who has run away to the US will think it's about him!😂 Like when the audience were applauding the orchestra, he kept bowing, thinking it was for him and her!!! I hope everyone has seen this priceless footage! 🤣When I feel down, I watch this video of them looking around and up, to the gallery, waving to everyone as an acknowledgement of the ovation. I wonder, if these inconsequential pair were told, it wasn't for them?🤣

Thnks!!!!!!!!!

❤❤1 of my favourites i liked ray

Remember this well. I think I can deffo spot the bits that were censored at the time!

@climbtherainbow

11 күн бұрын

I can't. I remember watching it when it was first aired, and this is exactly as I remember the original showing.

A young Derek Thompson of Casualty fame as the assassin at the beginning.

@michaelwesterland1853

Күн бұрын

Also in "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins.

Brilliant.

Captain Nirac RIP 🙏🏻

@Simon-jj2pu

19 күн бұрын

My first thought when seeing this back in the day

@khiggins8733

17 күн бұрын

Ray Lonnen who played Harry died in 2014 aged 74

@stephensmith4480

15 күн бұрын

@@Simon-jj2pu The Book about his life story is Amazing. He was an odd one, even as a young lad.

@climbtherainbow

11 күн бұрын

Nope. Read Sir Clive Fairweather's opinion of Nairac and his SOPS. Not very high.

@stephensmith4480

11 күн бұрын

@@climbtherainbow Nope what??

I saw it when it came out first,and read the book,the other fabulous one was "the glory boys",from the same author.

@colinbarron4

20 күн бұрын

That was also made into a TV film. I have the DVD.

@michaelharrison3602

18 күн бұрын

Every book Seymour writes is a classic

Read the book by Gerald Seymour.

In case you missed it, his name's Billy.

Went to Belfast last year How different from 6years ago. ALMOST C. Cosmopoliton

@stephensmith4480

15 күн бұрын

I spent best part of 20 Years there, the place has changed beyond all recognition 👍👍

@johnbull1568

8 күн бұрын

I visited with my mum and stepdad in 1984, it was grim as hell there. All I really remember about the city was a giant wall dozens of feet high, and my stepdad said it was a police station (no idea if that was true). Another thing I recall is that my mum had been nagging my stepdad to get our living room ceiling artexed. He was a builder, and told her that he wasn't going to artex it because it will crack eventually. Anyway, we get to our bed and breakfast in Belfast, and the ceiling is artexed, with absolutely gigantic cracks all across it. My mum says 'I see what you mean about artex cracking, I guess we won't bother'. My stepdad nodded sagely, but didn't tell her until much later that those particular cracks were from the building next door getting blown up some time previously. Also, when we travelled across the border into Republic of Ireland, it was night-time out in the country. We got to the checkpoint, and there was a sign saying something like 'when light is red, turn off headlights and engine. When green, approach slowly'. The light was red, so my stepdad turned off the lights and engine, and we sat there waiting. Eventually the light turned green, so he started the car up, turned the lights on, and started advancing slowly. The checkpoint was about 100m away, and by the time we crawled there, the whole place went mental. We could see a soldier manning a machine gun atop this makeshift post, pointing it right at us, and 2 soldiers ran right up to the car windows with their rifles levelled at us, screaming to put our hands up, and another soldier manning a spotlight was pointing it right at us. One soldier is screaming at my stepdad, demanding to know why he put the headlights on, and he told them that's what he normally does and the sign didn't say anything about not putting the lights back on. Anyway, the soldiers realised we were not a threat and chilled out. We sat there for a while chatting to them, and 2 of them were from my home city. One of them peered into the back of the car where I was sitting and asked 'are you alright son'?, and I replied 'I think I lost my b-b-b-ottle', I was terrified lol. They also explained that the evening before a French tourist had done the exact same thing but had not stopped, and his brand new Renault got lit up. Thankfully he wasn't injured. It's mental to think that ppl lived with this every day not so long ago.

Ended up being a Charge Nurse in Casualty

@millwallholdings

11 күн бұрын

And in The Long Good friday Hoskins ended up killing him

Who knew that the infamous Glenn from 'Nighty Night' erstwhile lover of Julia Davies had previously been a senior operative in the PIRA 😮

I wish the glory boys,were made into a British dvd,it's available in America but not UK.

@colinbarron4

19 күн бұрын

I have it on DVD but it is a free DVD that came with The Daily Mail many years ago.

Five minutes from baker street to Watford!

@michaelodonnell6078

2 күн бұрын

More like half an hour than 5 minutes I would guess.

51:52 So not only do we have Charlie from Casualty but Josh too?!

@j.b.9260

7 күн бұрын

Correct.

12:00 Correction: "What about ye?"

Why do you call it “uncensored?”

@maryearll3359

12 күн бұрын

@Harbournmaster68. At a rough guessing was cencored.for the times portrayed. Watch all 3 3pisodes and I think you might just get it.

The book's good as well.

WOW that takes balls, wish we could have been that blunt when in Ireland but we had to follow rules sort of.

I only seen the series once as broadcast. Its very good but knowing as a do its ending I don't care to watch again.

It's unlikely that a PIRA member would be called Billy, that's the favourite name of the Protestants after William of Orange. The casings from the AK looked like 5.56x45 instead of the usual 7.62x39 more accurate but less of a punch. The politician's wife wore shoes that became popular two year's later.

@hrafnofthule5962

11 күн бұрын

My father is called Billy, we are catholics. I know quite a few Billy’s from the nationalist side.

@dexadrinepancake

11 күн бұрын

@@hrafnofthule5962 That's interesting.

I really wanted to enjoy this - but KZread adverts every 2.5 minutes. FFS...

Watched this on tour in L/Derry Waterside when it was broadcast, and didn't realise how bad it is. At 38:26 he's carrying an army suitcase and then gets into a Black Taxi. Incredibly stupid error by the programme makers, and the first thing the boys and girls mentioned next day. And at 38:57, we weren't that unprofessional at checkpoints. Not a bad TV effort, close but no cigar.

@hrafnofthule5962

11 күн бұрын

Hello from culmore 😂

44:40 Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, so it is!

Derek Thompson IRA gunman and senior nurse Charlie Farehead in Casualty. Great drama at the height the 'Troubles '

Ruddy hell didn't know garry glitter stared in this....looks like he swapped his sequin studded spangly lycra jacket for a drab baige macintosh though...

Garrisoned in Plymouth eh. I'd wager he was at Stonehouse.

Where. Is. Harries game. Music. ?? Very. Haunting. !!

You couldn't buy condoms in NI, so they used to melt down the rubber bullets to make them..

Billy! Lo!

The writer has borrowed a lot from long good friday including the lead actor.

Can always rely on Willy Caine

@MontytheHorse

11 күн бұрын

In a real twist, Billy Downes was actually an RUC Special Branch detective who later become an NHS nurse. 😂

Am looking and am thinking...that's Charlie Fairhead from Casualty, and they can't catch him? Our Police are useless! Just kidding..

This has a lower semitone

This is like if JK Rowling wrote Harry and Petrol Bomb

Charlie from Casualty

... Señor Charlie Is Up To No Blooming Good 2:29

Accents are a bit ropey but still enjoyable louis dunsfords mum with an irish accent 😄

Watched the original; far too real.

They hunt the soldiers for crimes yet let the terrorists alone

@thomasshepard6030

16 күн бұрын

All thanks to the rat 🐀 tony Blair