6 Films & TV Shows Set In Northern Ireland During The 1980s
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Maze
Northern Ireland The 1980sInspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
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Hunger
Northern Ireland The 1980sAn odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest. — The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking
Northern Ireland The 1980s The 1990sWhen you cross the line there's no going back. — It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.
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An Everlasting Piece
Northern Ireland The 1980sPiece on Earth. — Colin (Barry McEvoy) is a Catholic and George (Brian O'Byrne) is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business partners. After persuading a mad wig salesman, known as the Scalper (Billy Connolly), to sell them his leads, the two embark on a series of house calls
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The Craic
Northern Ireland The 1980sWhen Fergus and Wesley get in the bad books of a local rough in their home town in Northern Ireland they decide to flee to Australia. After making a new life for themselves in Sydney they soon outstay their visas and must go on the run again, this time from the immigration officials.
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Some Mother's Son
Northern Ireland The 1980sBetween love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make. — Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
