John Hewitt
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Biography: John Hewitt was a veteran Northern Irish actor best known for his role as John Fletcher in the Billy plays and for the Mike Leigh drama Four Days in July.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Adult: No
Birthday: May 15, 1951
Age: 74 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 29, 2008
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Henri
Overview: A ten year old Protestant girl travels to Belfast to take part in a music festival, and is billetted with a Catholic family.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-20
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The Cake
Overview: Josephine puts the finishing touches to her cake - commissioned by the Orange Order for the Twelfth of July celebrations - but things go awry when she attempts to deliver it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-06
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Four Days in July
Overview: Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-29
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H3
Overview: 'H3' is a universal story of endurance and courage set inside Europe's most secure prison, the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Here, in H3 - the bleakest of all the H-blocks - a group of young republican prisoners hold out for what they believe in, refusing to be labeled as criminals or co-operate with prison authorities. However, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is determined that these Republican prisoners will be treated like all the other common criminals in British jails, ending a special regime which allowed the inmates political status to organise life inside the jail along POW lines. The republican prisoners immediately start a 'no-wash' protest, refusing to wear prison-issue clothes or perform work duties, a protest which results in their being locked in their cells for hours on end without exercise, recreation, reading materials and with only blankets to wear for heat...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-10
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A Matter of Choice for Billy
Overview: Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen. Second in the trilogy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-10
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Too Late to Talk to Billy
Overview: Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-16
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A Coming to Terms for Billy
Overview: Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man? Third in the trilogy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-21
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A Woman Calling
Overview: Professor Broderick, a famous professor of Psychology, returns to his house by Belfast Lough to discover a woman waiting for him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Lorna
Overview: In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-02
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Life After Life
Overview: Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon finds that the ceasefire has robbed him of both purpose and identity. Relationships with his family are difficult and reach boiling point when they find that he has rekindled his affair with a former fiancee Roisin, now married with three children.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-02
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Children of the North
Overview: The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-30
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The Squad
Overview: Belfast. Four men meet -'for a drink', says Denis. The car is ready in the back alley. The youngest, Terry, isn't drinking. He's begun to have doubts about his new company - and they about him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-20
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