A showcase of Irish features and documentaries will air this week on BBC4. Such titles include ‘At Home With the Cleary's’, ‘I Went Down’, ‘In Search of the Pope’s Children’ and ‘The Van’.
The IFTA winning At Home With the Cleary’s – (UK title: The Father, The Son and The Housekeeper) directed by Alison Miller airs, Monday 11th May at 9pm followed by Paddy Breathnach’s ‘I Went Down’ featuring Brendan Gleeson and Peter McDonald (When Brendan Met Trudy) at 11.30pm.
On Tuesday at 9pm, the first of economist’s David McWilliam’s factual series ‘In Search of the Pope’s Children’ examining the social landscape of Ireland in 2006 will air. (The consecutive programmes will air again on Wednesday and Thursday). Conor McPherson’s ‘Saltwater’ featuring Brian Cox (The Escapist) will follow at 11.25pm.
‘The Van’ starring Colm Meaney and Donal O’Kelly airs at 10.00pm on Wednesday with Perry Ogden’s ‘Paveen Lackeen’ on at 11.35pm. Thursday will air a documentary on Irish traditional band ‘The Chieftains’ at 10.30pm and the Robert Quinn directed ‘Dead Bodies’ staring Andrew Scott (Little White Lie) will follow at 11.30pm. On Friday 15th ‘So Hard to Beat’ a film looking at the story of Northern Ireland’s music scene over the past 40 years is on at 9.10pm
