Filmed over 18 months, A Parting Gift focuses on 'the gift' of body donation: an act of real generosity that contributes to world-class medical education, research and scientific endeavour. First year medical students face a dead body for the very first time. University staff receive and prepare the bodies. Spouses and children grieve for their lost loved ones. All touched by A Parting Gift.
Áille an Uafáis /A Terrible Beauty is centered on two linked events during that Easter week, the battles of Mount Street and North King Street, culminating in the massacre of fifteen innocent young men and boys.
Brendan Behan - The Roaring Boy marked the fiftieth anniversary of Brendan's death and was presented by the actor Adrian Dunbar, a long time admirer of Behan and his work. Dunbar visited the places outside Ireland most associated with Behan - London, Paris and New York and re-assessed his legacy as an innovative and internationally important dramatist.
Cumann na mBan- Mná na Réabhlóide is a docudrama that highlights the largely unrecognised contribution of the women of Cumann na mBan to the struggle for self-determination and further our understanding of their motives, their achievements and their sacrifices. Narrated by Mary McAleese
Irish broadcasting legend, Gay Byrne, interviews major figures from all walks of public life about the events, people, ideas, values and beliefs that have shaped, or been shaped by, their lives. In this episode, which had a global impact, Stephen Fry sat in the drawing room of his idol, Oscar Wilde and discussed his own life and beliefs with startling candour.