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ATL TV-ViTal 06
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ATL TV returns to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern
Ireland in style with the very best from
Northern Ireland's premier music
festival, ViTal.
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In four special programmes, entitled ATL TV
- ViTal 06, David 'Rigsy' O'Reilly and the ATL
TV team capture Snow Patrol's triumphant
homecoming as well as performances from
international acts such as Kaiser Chiefs,
Editors and Raconteurs and local talent from Duke Special and the Dangerfields to ATL
Rock School winners The Tides.
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Music fans can relive the magic of the two-day festival as ATL TV dedicates these four
special programmes to quality live
performances, exclusive interviews with the
acts performing and backstage footage.
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For anyone who attended the festival or
anyone who missed it, this is destined to be
ViTal viewing.
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ATL TV - ViTal 06 is produced by Paul
McClean, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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A Portrait of Pantridge
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A Portrait of Pantridge is a multi-layered
documentary profiling one of
Ulster's greatest pioneers.
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The programme looks at the contribution
of Professor Frank Pantridge, world-renowned physician and cardiologist, and
follows the painstaking process of producing
a lifesize portrait sculpture of him to be
unveiled at a forthcoming Thanksgiving
Service.
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The programme follows two journeys to
their remarkable apotheoses: firstly how a
half-starved four-and-a-half stone prisoner-of-war came back from the dead to save
millions of lives across the globe.
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And
secondly, the evolution of a work of art by
acclaimed local sculptor John Sherlock, from
sketch to scale model to the programme's
climax when the finished article is unveiled.
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The Pantridge story traverses harrowing
wartime experiences to his ruthless pursuit
of a breakthrough in cardiac care, endless
clashes with authority and his summons to
save Louis Mountbatten at Sligo; the shunned
prophet in his own land to his glorification
in the Americas as 'Father of Emergency
Medicine'.
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Historic archive interwoven with
recollections of close friends captures the
horrors of his experience as a POW in the
Far East while his quest to implement his
revolutionary concept of mobile coronary
care is portrayed through interviews with
colleagues, friends and family intercut with
original archive.
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Location filming takes viewers from
Hillsborough to Tyrone, New York and
Virginia and interviewees including Dame
Mary Peters, Dr Jack Kyle, Peter Canavan
and eminent local and international
cardiologists, as well as those who owe him
their life, all contribute to pay tribute to one
of Northern Ireland's greatest physicians and
the lifesaving device he bequeathed to the
world.
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A Portrait of Pantridge is an About Face
Media production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern
Ireland.
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A Tale of Two Cities
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In this centenary year of Belfast City
Hall, these two films reveal an untold
story from the city's past and the
dramatic events of 1907 and 1908.
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They focus on the building of the City Hall
by Belfast's new industrial barons and the
subsequent revolution by the working
classes.
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The first programme concentrates on
Belfast's Golden Age and the men and
women who forged it - Harland, Gallaher,
Pirrie.
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The creation of a new City Hall symbolised
their vision of Belfast. However, their
prosperity was built on the back of some of
the poorest workers in Britain.
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In 1908, inspired by James Larkin, they
rebelled in the great Belfast dock strike. The
industrial giant was brought to its knees by
Catholic and Protestant workers standing
side by side.
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There was a police mutiny,
troops were called in - and there was death
on the streets.
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A remarkable collection of
photographs - never before seen in public -
chart these historic, but largely forgotten,
events.
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A Tale of Two Cities is a Hot Shot Films
production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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A Tale of Two Pantos
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This Autumn, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland
will enter the world of ditzy dames,
handsome princes and a space-travelling
Father Christmas to tell the Tale
of Two Pantos.
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In this two-part documentary, John Daly has
been granted 'access all areas' to a lavish pantomime
production at the Grand Opera
House, Belfast and a much smaller community
panto in Pettigo, Co Fermanagh to show
the blood, sweat and tears that go into making
this traditional form of Christmas entertainment.
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From the Grand Opera House, we meet the
all-star cast of Linda Nolan and John 'May
McFettridge' Linehan as they prepare for
their eight-week run of two shows a day in
the 2005/06 production of Snow White
and The Seven Dwarves.
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We also follow
Coleraine newcomer Mark Adamson as he
wins the Grand Opera House's Panto Idol
through to his gruelling rehearsals and opening
night playing the Prince in the elaborate
production.
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In Pettigo, the drama group the Borderline
Players may have a smaller budget and only
run for a few nights, but they are determined
to be just as entertaining as the Grand Opera
House as they prepare for their pantomime,
Santa in Space.
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The Borderline players hold their own Panto
Idol as they search for the ultimate dame,
but there's no colossal set for this production
as the drama group scramble around
the community for props.
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With illness and technical difficulties raising
their ugly heads, will both productions be a
roaring success on their opening night?
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A
Tale of Two Pantos will reveal whether it's a
case of 'Oh yes they will' or 'Oh no they
won't'!
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A Tale of Two Pantos is an OJO production
for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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Barry's
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This nostalgic documentary opens the
archives to explore the history of one
of Northern Ireland's best-loved summer
institutions: Barry's in Portrush.
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From its origins in the Twenties right up to the
present day, it charts how the business has
passed through four generations of the same
family.
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The programme reveals the fascinating detail
of the very many other sites Barry's once
had across Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland.
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Through the amusing recollections of the
long-term staff, we hear about some of the
extraordinary people who performed for
Barry's.
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This colourful documentary draws on a
wealth of home movies, stills and rare footage
from the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s own archive as well as
gems from Pathé news.
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From the exotic giraffe neck women through
lion tamers to flea circuses and marathon
lady piano players there is something to intrigue
everyone.
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Relive your own memories of visiting Barry's
and find out what it was like when Granny or
Great-Granny was visiting too. There's something
for young and old in a film which is
sure to raise a smile.
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Barry's is produced by Marie Irvine, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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Big Bumper
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Big Bumper
Science Quiz
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Join Eamonn Holmes and Christine
Bleakley for popular science at its most
enjoyable.
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Beamed live from the W5 Discovery Centre
in Belfast, and uniting the usual madcap capers
of celebrities and keypads, this is a popular
science quiz to tease and tickle everyone – even those without an 'ology' to their name.
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Playing at home couldn't be easier with
online, Red Button, SMS and special playing
cards to choose from and there'll be ample
chance for everyone to take a breather when
Christine wows us with whacky experiments
designed to answer the most fascinating and
bizarre scientific questions.
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With quiz rounds on everything from the
human body to the sky at night, the craic
will be mighty as our celebrities and you at
home vie for the top spots and keep watching
for the odd surprise or two.
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Big Bumper Science Quiz is produced by Wild
Rover Productions for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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BlindVision
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Richard Moore's world went dark on
4 May 1972 when, on his way home from school in
Londonderry, he was struck by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier.
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He lost one eye immediately and it was
another couple of weeks before doctors
confirmed that he would never regain sight
in his remaining eye.
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Now, ground-breaking new developments in
medical science mean that Richard could
regain some sight in a revolutionary
operation.
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However, Richard is not sure that he wants
the operation with all its associated risks.
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And this documentary also has a powerful
sub-plot. Richard wants to meet the soldier
who shot him, but isn't sure he wants his
sight restored, as he sees his blindness as a
gift.
This is what he wants to tell the British
soldier.
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Richard has decided to confront these two
spectres and BlindVision follows him on this
remarkable personal journey.
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BlindVision is a Hot Shot Films production
for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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Class Distinction
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Just how much do teachers know
about the Arctic Monkeys, text talk or
The OC? And how much do pupils
know about Shakespeare, algebra and
rock formations?
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In the fun new family entertainment series
Class Distinction, pupils and their teachers
will battle it out in a series of rounds in a
bid to win a 'class distinction'.
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John Daly will be the host-cum-referee in
this exciting new series which will pit pupils
and teachers from ten post-primary schools
from across Northern Ireland against each
other.
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Each week a team of three students and
three teachers from one of the schools will
answer questions based both on the current
curriculum and pupils' interests to discover
how well the pupils know the subjects they
are being taught, how well the teachers
know the things that influence their pupils'
lives and, indeed, how well teachers and
pupils know each other.
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And parents and their children can enjoy
playing along at home, too.
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It won't just be the contestants' knowledge
brought to the front of the class, but also
their talents as a pupil and a member of staff
get one minute to impress the Class
Distinction judging panel with a special
performance.
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Whose knowledge will win them a gold star
and whose talents will land them at the back
of the class? Only one team can go back to
school with a Class Distinction.
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Class Distinction is an OJO production for
´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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Craft Traditions
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Craft Traditions is a four-part series
celebrating the passion and skill of
local craftsmen and women who are
dedicated to making hand-made
objects in a world dominated by mass
production.
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Each programme is devoted to a specific
material - wood, stone, iron and clay -
showing contemporary craftsmen and
women at work, creating both functional and
decorative objects in these materials and
talking about their approach to and love of
their craft.
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Many of the distinctive techniques which
have been passed down from generation to
generation are illuminated in each
programme, from the skills of the stone
mason in the Mournes to those of the
blacksmith in Templepatrick.
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The series also explores aspects of the
history of each craft tradition in Northern
Ireland and considers the way they have
changed with the times.
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Craft Traditions is produced by Ian Kirk-Smith, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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1606: The Dawn of the Ulster ScotsÌý
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1606: The Dawn
of the Ulster Scots
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"Nowhere in Ulster was plantation
carried out with such zeal and
efficiency. They received or bought a
wilderness and they made of it a
garden," wrote Cyril Falls in
The Birth of Ulster, 1936.
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In 1606, two Ayrshire lairds, James Hamilton
and Hugh Montgomery, were granted lands
and title in Ulster by James 1.
The story of their settlement has been
largely forgotten but they were, in effect, the
founding fathers of the Ulster Scots people.
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Four hundred years later it is time to analyse
their contribution to the making of modern
Ulster.
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Flora Montgomery, acclaimed actress and
direct descendant of Hugh Montgomery, tells
the story of these two pioneers and how
the effects of their settlement of Down and
Antrim resonate throughout Ulster to this
day in the language, religion, culture, politics
and the people themselves.
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1606: The Dawn of the Ulster Scots is a
Straight Forward production for ´óÏó´«Ã½
Northern Ireland.
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Derek's Dreams
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Fermanagh man Derek Thornton can't
swim... can't dance... and can't cook.
Until now!
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In a hilarious six-part TV series, we help
Derek fulfil his lifetime's dreams.
Viewers will see him learn the doggie paddle
at Lisburn baths then don a wetsuit and
dive with Great White Sharks in South Africa.
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Derek discovers the 'F-word' as top chef
Michael Dean helps him trade his Ulster Frys
for Nouvelle Cuisine.
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You'll laugh as he swaps his wellies for
dancing shoes as he learns how to jive.
And you'll roar as Derek trades his farm in
Fermanagh for the buffalo herds of Montana
and lives out his dream to follow his cowboy
heroes.
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Produced by Holywood based Network
Media for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland, the series
also sees Derek trade the cattle mart for a
stint at a top estate agency, hungry to close
a "big house deal".
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And he swaps his tractor seat for a place in
the percussion section of the Ulster
Orchestra to play a special concert for the
members of his local silver band.
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"Derek is a typical 57-year-old farmer and
hasn't had the time to do much in his life,"
says producer, Iain Webster.
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"But he tackles
each new experience with humour and
energy, proving you're never too old to learn
new tricks!"
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Derek's Dreams is a Network Media
production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland.
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