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Northern Irish... - Episode Guide

Season 1

A Northern Irish Wedding

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Sep 14, 2020

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While much has changed since the 60s, one thing has remained the same in Northern Ireland - we still love a good wedding. We take a look back at six decades of getting hitched, in an effort to raise the spirits of a nation that has been deprived of its favourite part of the year, the wedding season!

Couples from Northern Ireland reminisce about their special day as they look back at their most cherished memories from years gone by. Our couples celebrate unforgettable moments caught on camera and relive the pop-culture inspirations that shaped their own wedding days.

Whether it's remembering Lady Diana's record-breaking train or seeing the groom with a Beatles-inspired hairdo, this documentary will have you laughing, cringing and crying as we uncover the very best wedding footage the country has to offer.

A Northern Irish Christmas

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Dec 23, 2020

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A one-off special with festive fun, nostalgia and heart-warming stories of Northern Ireland's favourite Christmas moments.

Families, friends and couples reminisce about their own stand-out Christmas memories, share unseen archive footage and reflect on seasonal events that made history. Stories include how Kylie Minogue inspired a superfan's Christmas drag act, the impact of Band Aid's hit song Do They Know It's Christmas on the nation, Bill Clinton's Christmas light switch-on, and how a Belfast toy shop made dreams come true for children in the 70s and 80s. Expect lots of laughs, Christmas cheer and Yuletide magic!

Northern Irish Holidays

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: May 30, 2021

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Families and friends share their most treasured holiday memories through the decades using photos, personal film, newsreel, movie and drama clips. 

From daytrips to Portrush to the advent of the package holiday, from caravanning in Ballycastle to backpacking in Bolivia, from thrill seekers hitting the ski slopes to searching out secret, unspoilt destinations – this documentary tells the story of how the people of Northern Ireland love to holiday. 

Stories also include holiday romance, how a trip to Portugal helped one woman recover from a serious illness, a summer spent learning French in the Alps, and a mum and daughter revisiting a holiday spent in Butlins twenty years ago, when they took part in the BBC's popular series Holiday Swaps.

Northern Irish Schooldays

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2021

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Classmates share personal memories and footage of their schooldays through the decades as they navigated a uniquely Northern Irish school experience. 

Stories range from battling school through the Troubles to the advent of integrated education, suffering school dinners to the trauma of sitting the eleven plus, competing in sports days to school musical performances, coming of age and embracing glam rock with T-Rex, mod culture with the Jam, 1980s pop culture and girl power with the Spice Girls. Other stories include the role a Northern Irish boarding school played in the lives of two students, a Derry school teacher who captured school life on a cine camera and memories on both the agony and ecstasy of the school disco and formal. 

Expect lots of humour, insightful reflections and feel good moments.

Northern Irish Love Stories

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2022

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Loved-up couples from Northern Ireland share their personal stories and footage from their relationships down through the years and react to iconic romantic moments from TV and film. A young couple find love abroad, a widow remembers her beloved husband of 60 years and a same-sex couple share their fertility journey.

Northern Irish Mums

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2022

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Northern Irish mothers and their children share personal stories and footage from down through the years and react to iconic moments from TV and film.

Stories range from a young couple who experienced the dramatic birth for their first child, a woman who has ten children and dozens of grandchildren and a mother and daughter whose family contain five generations of women.

Homes

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2022

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Families and friends share personal stories and footage of their homes through the decades.

Full of insights into domestic life in Northern Ireland over the past 80 years, stories include memories of childhood homes, bedroom walls plastered with 1980s pop pins ups, moving into student digs, first homes, changing trends in interior design, the Ideal Homes Exhibition in the King's Hall, street parties and an exploration of what home means to the people of Northern Ireland.

Expect lots of humour, feel-good stories and iconic moments from TV and drama.

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