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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

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

Ireland's victory over Italy at the World Cup in New Jersey in 1994, remains a source of Irish pride. But it is haunted by memories of a massacre: terrorists opened fire and killed six innocents while they watched the match in a small village pub in Northern Ireland. Remarkably, no one was ever charged for the crime. For more than twenty years the victims' families have searched for answers. Now, at last, they may have found them. But what they learn turns a murder mystery into bigger inquiry relevant for us all: what happens when governments cover up the truth?

5.5

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8.4

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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Hope's annual Christmas show, with songs, skits, and comedy routines.

6.4

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0.0

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9.0

Gama Bomb: Survival of the Fastest

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When they hit the Billboard charts, Gama Bomb were trapped by lockdowns, missing a drummer, and unable to tour. Survival Of The Fastest is a new Irish take on classic music documentaries like Anvil or Spinal Tap with a sweet and charming portrait of male friendship during troubled times. Capturing Gama Bomb's quest to play for 10,000 people at Hellfest – the 'Glastonbury of Metal' – Kiran Acharya’s warm and wayward film surprised cinema audiences with a smart, sincere, and absurdly funny year in the life of dear friends trying to keep the show on the road. Packed full of Gama Bomb's trademark humour and pop culture references, the film reflects on their 20-year history in the absurd worlds of punk and metal and their earliest days during the first sparks of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.

5.0

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0.0

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No overview available.

0.0

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Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, John Craven and Maggie Philbin reunite for a one-off edition of the Saturday morning classic Swap Shop to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

0.0

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1.8

The Children's Party at the Palace

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To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters from British children's literature. But when the baddies, led by Cruella de Vil, discover that they have not been invited, they steal the Queen's handbag containing her spectacles and the text of her speech; without it, the Queen will not be able to make a speech at the party. Can the goodies find the handbag in time?

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Brothers & Sisters: Family Album

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8.3

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6.1

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