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The Magic Box

Oct 23, 2012

0h 55m

★ 0.0

Overview

A special live broadcast on both BBC and UTV, hosted by Eamonn Holmes, celebrating the best of Northern Ireland television over the past 60 years and marking the occasion of digital switchover.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC Northern Ireland

Ulster Television (UTV)

The Magic Box Trailers

Cast

Self - UTV Continuity announcer

Julian Simmons

Presenter

Eamonn Holmes

Self

Peter Dickson

Self

Gloria Hunniford

Self

Gerry Kelly

Self

Patrick Kielty

Self - Performer

Peter Corry

On the 27th of December 1973, a nightmare began for an entire family. On that night, a German businessman called Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his home in Belfast. He was never seen alive again by his friends or family. He became one of the "disappeared", and it seemed that no-one knew what had happened to him.

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