Children of the North
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Children of the North is a British television thriller drama series, written by John Hale, that first broadcast on BBC2 on 30 October 1991.[1] The series, comprising four episodes, was based on the novel trilogy The Killing of Yesterday's Children, Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye by author M.S. Power. All four episodes were directed by David Drury, with Chris Parr acting as executive producer.
Children of the North | |
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Genre | Thriller |
Based on | Children of the North by M.S. Power |
Written by | John Hale |
Directed by | David Drury |
Starring | Patrick Malahide Michael Gough Tony Doyle John Kavanagh Adrian Dunbar Paul Brooke Jonathan Hyde Ian McElhinney Sean Caffrey |
Composer | Geoffrey Burgon |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer | Chris Parr |
Production locations | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Cinematography | Alec Curtis |
Editor | Ian Farr |
Running time | 55 minutes |
Production company | BBC Northern Ireland |
Original release | |
Network | BBC2 |
Release | 30 October (1991-10-30) ā 20 November 1991 (1991-11-20) |
The series starred Patrick Malahide as Colonel Mailer, an MI5 agent whose chauffeur is killed during an IRA assassination attempt on Mailer and Michael Gough as Arthur Apple, a bookie who launders money for the IRA.[2] The series has never been re-broadcast or released on DVD.[citation needed]