Episode 1 of Yorkshire Television's Mini Series from 1982. Fully Uncut Version
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@travellinglady9484 Жыл бұрын
one of the best television dramas ever made. Thank you so much for making it available.
@FOX007-um1wr3 ай бұрын
This just sorta popped up in my feed, so I started watching and boy the fast action drew me right in. This is a really good show I haven't heard of before. Worth watching that's for sure.
@user-vg8gm8fe2y4 ай бұрын
Watched this as a kid remembered the name worth a watch
@bodhidhamma7 Жыл бұрын
Superb television. I saw it when it was broadcast. Never seen it anywhere since. Not repeated. Not on streaming services. Liked and subscribed. Made Clannad superstars.
@christopherchristos72758 ай бұрын
I recently purchased it on dvd. Fantastic series
@CARLIN47377 ай бұрын
Clannad are the only bit i didnt like?@@christopherchristos7275
@Utube746744 ай бұрын
In what way Superstars? Explain yoursel ?
@robertcottam88244 ай бұрын
@@Utube74674 Well. All popular, like. Sold millions o’ records in UK, rest o’ Europe, Canada, USA ‘n’ Australia innit?
@user-zc4so8pz3k3 ай бұрын
yes haven't seen it for over 40 years, enjoy,
@michaelharrison36023 ай бұрын
This was when television was worth watching. Real programs not just an endless processions of reality shows and Dlist celebrities 😅
@helmethead723 ай бұрын
Well said, and can you imagine how many crappy advert breaks would ruin each episode?
@E-Kat3 ай бұрын
That's why I don't watch tv for years now!
@alangemmell53983 ай бұрын
Well said Sir.
@isntimportant3 ай бұрын
Back when white folk were allowed on TV.
@oreilly12378783 ай бұрын
Best to throw your t.v. away.
@maryearll33593 ай бұрын
I saw this first time round, never forgot it. And here it is ! Thank you so much. ❤
@GEGBoxingКүн бұрын
Superb cast. Gary Waldhorn as Police Commissioner was excellent. Old friend of my family. RIP Gary.
@mariemarie28884 ай бұрын
Wow I just got this as a recommendation from you tube. I was about 10 years old when this first came out but I remember my wee da watching this and he has passed away now so thanks for the memories ❤
@AnyFuleKnoThat4 ай бұрын
One of the most memorable TV series and theme songs ever.
@mishaskyhawk67654 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree, it was an insight into the true nature of life in Northern Ireland. Theme song by Clannad, I still have it. Hauntingly beautiful.
@GG-jw8pt3 ай бұрын
Enya.
@AnyFuleKnoThat3 ай бұрын
@@GG-jw8pt No not Enya, theme song is by Clannad
@waynemulley3 ай бұрын
@@AnyFuleKnoThat And who sang in Clannad? Enya...
@johnjhon-ef7nv3 ай бұрын
Clannad Irish for family.about time truth came out about what invading brits did there
@spazthespasticcolonel10544 ай бұрын
What a gem! Thanks for the upload. Saw it once, nearly 40 years ago, never forgot it.
@blueinbolton Жыл бұрын
One of few novels that is exactly as you would imagine it on the screen. I can pay it no higher compliment - just superb with one of the most shocking endings that I have ever seen in a TV series. Just brilliant.
@ifcukin8mufc16810 ай бұрын
Watched it again having heard the theme as a question on Ken Bruce's Popmaster .! Very moving indeed and still as good when I first watched it back in 82 .!
@mistydelahay9255 Жыл бұрын
I've never heard of this series before but I'm very much enjoying it. Thank you
@haydoncooper37444 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this its been years since I have seen it.
@blainemullins628511 ай бұрын
Been waiting forever to see this series. Thank you.
@zulubeatz13 ай бұрын
I always wanted to watch this series. I was too young when it first came out. Nice one.
@stephenholmes1036Ай бұрын
Derek Thompson in this is brilliant, As is Tony Rohr, Sean Caffrey, Linda Robson, Maggie Shellvin and Benjamin Whitrow. Todays tv is rubbish i haven't had a licence for 32 years.
@paranormaltheorist4 ай бұрын
Came here after discovering "Sandbaggers". Amazing television.
@michaelwhittaker54323 ай бұрын
just mentioned that !! a great forgotten series
@paranormaltheorist3 ай бұрын
@FeeOzymandias-qi5ot His disappearance added yet another legendary facet to an already unassailably cool show, didn't it?
@user-bu4tn1ei7v7 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting this . Should not show my age . May have been six at the time but remember very well when this showed though cannot remember if it was BBC1 or ITV or Channel 4 cannot remember what happened forty two seconds ago let alone forty two years ago . What a beautiful series , excellent cast all favorites one of the best ever made .
@abditus58423 ай бұрын
Left Belfast in 1968. Very real portrayal. Only thing that struck me was few Catholics were named Billy or Harry.
@filtonkingswood3 ай бұрын
Such an evocative and atmospheric drama. I ended up resenting the senior British figures and thinking Harry a fool.
@ennesshay50403 ай бұрын
'Hidden Agenda' [ 1990 ] film starring Brian Cox, Frances McDormand and directed by Ken Loach
@Sam_Green____411410 ай бұрын
Crikey l spent years looking for this !! missed it the first time around ! Parents weren't interested !! l got so fed up with not finding it l purchased it on DVD about 3 years ago !
@rogerhawkins64333 ай бұрын
Me too …. Precisely the same story! 😊
@rogerhawkins64333 ай бұрын
So … the chief of police retired to the village of Dibley after this terrible incident…..😅
@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын
Fantastic series, loved it then and I'll enjoy it again now thanks again.
@irishganglandarchive4964 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Hope you enjoy it again. I hadn't seen it since it was first broadcast myself
@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын
@@irishganglandarchive4964 👋
@gilesfarmer5953 Жыл бұрын
Excellent, but gritty production. Interesting to see that British commercial telly had it's first ads at a natural break at 23 min, if that were Australian commercial TV, the first ad break would be at 7 min, then every 6 mins, thus destroying all of the flow, tension and drama for the sake of selling future landfill.
@benisrood Жыл бұрын
Objectively, it was a better time overall. I'd rather have a filthy Northern Line (or Bakerloo Line) and this world.
@simonh63713 ай бұрын
If that were ITV today - not that I've watched UK TV since 2009 - it would probably have the same ad breaks. Certainly when I last watched the first ad break in an hour long programme would come before a quarter of an hour had passed.
@sidensvans674 ай бұрын
Wonderful television . Nothing comes close today .
@colinbarron43 ай бұрын
Excellent film. I should add that there was a sort of sequel book called 'Field of Blood' also about Northern Ireland. The only character who returns is Inspector Rennie, now played by Timothy Dalton. A film was made of 'Field of Blood' but re-titled 'The IRA Informant.' It is available on DVD.
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat3 ай бұрын
Great TV - back when ITV made decent stuff. I love the theme song by Clannad. I still have this on DVD.
@jamesmitchell8922 Жыл бұрын
The PAL master tape version was wiped by accident and therefore the NTSC version as seen here survives.
@cgarby3 ай бұрын
Just got this as a rec. love it. Thanks !
@TheRasiani3 ай бұрын
I've never seem this anywhere in N.America on the 80s when I was a teenager - neither PBS or TVO [Ontario public TV] re-broadcast it. This is phenomenal television if you understand the times being depicted.
@jameswburke3 ай бұрын
A movie called The Foreigner (2017) is good too. It deals with a more recent situation. Well worth watching.
@mothmagic13 ай бұрын
One of the most haunting theme tunes ever used for a TV series. Performed by Clannad who gave us Enya with her beautiful voice.
@WDH595103 ай бұрын
The voice you hear isn't Enya's but that of her sister (Moya Brennan).
@Chris-rw2be3 ай бұрын
@@WDH59510Yes true, but Enya was in the band early on.
@WDH595103 ай бұрын
@@Chris-rw2beindeed she was
@rightmarker13 ай бұрын
I served two tours on Op Banner in Londonderry. This depiction is very realistic - that 1 ton Humber armoured ‘pig’ - what a beast. We never did manage to kill McGuinness.
@lordeden27323 ай бұрын
He was an MI5 spy
@rightmarker13 ай бұрын
@@lordeden2732 I never bought into that stuff. McGuinness certainly had blood on his hands from direct involvement in murders of some RUC men and others including at least one officer in the UDR. He was a degenerate cowardly little man.
@simoncampbell31443 ай бұрын
I never tried to , just played the game , same as everyone else
@spodoinklehorse3 ай бұрын
No he was not @@lordeden2732
@raycorrigan32972 ай бұрын
Derry
@stuartjackson8091 Жыл бұрын
great theme music, mind watching this when I was a kid.
@davidhorsley27174 ай бұрын
Not difficult to see how controversial this series was, featuring the murder a Government minister in broad daylight. It was only months before when Airey Neave and Lord Mountbatten had been murdered. You can understand why the authorities might have been anxious about this story line.
@londonlady2272 ай бұрын
Before CC tv cameras were around.. And Mountbatten was a kiddie fiddler...not a huge loss.
@davidhorsley2717Ай бұрын
I have considered it regrettable that one cannot defame the dead.
@CARLIN47372 ай бұрын
2 Years after The Long Good Friday where Derek Thompson played Jeff alongside Harry or Harold played by the late great Bob Hoskins. Also played Charlie in casualty for 38 years?
@badgertheskinnycow3 ай бұрын
Top tip - when going under cover on the Falls Road - don't take an Army suitcase.
@dexadrinepancake3 ай бұрын
My father had one like that. Obviously from his demob kit.
@Campingwilder3 ай бұрын
very popular saying back in the day.
@christosshugeh95733 ай бұрын
He was pretending to be merchant seaman, they had this type too. In a way it was a good ploy. Any of the IRA know it was a British issue suit case and anyone using one couldn't be a British agent, as they knew the score, and would know a agent wouldnt use one.Where as a supposedly returning seaman wouldn't bat an eyelid.
@aidikel852Ай бұрын
One of the best.
@zulubeatz13 ай бұрын
When did the decent stuff stop on TV ? It's something when you have to watch re-runs on KZbin, but it speaks to the quality of these old dramas. I recognized the guy from 'The Long Good Friday' amongst others. These actors were very underappreciated, I think.
@andicampbell86213 ай бұрын
Colonel Frost should know that you never salute an officer who`s not wearing a cap. But gripping TV all the same for us who remember it from 1st time around.
@colincharlton9339 Жыл бұрын
I actually read the book ...this is superb...shame that the tv series didn't last..( maggie reilly / mike oldfield) moonlight shadow, This along with the drama threads...outstanding
@libertinoradio4597 Жыл бұрын
Hairy work with an accent as wobbly as that. I'd always heard good things about this series but never saw it. Thank you for posting.
@jeffersonsmith18773 ай бұрын
Wow! This show is great! Thanks for sharing
@julianlawrence-ball2279Ай бұрын
I could only manage the first minute. Nice to see Charlie on his way to the hospital to put in a shift
@41divad2 ай бұрын
Defense secretary is altogether puffed up with himself 🙂 These independent studios were treasures
@E-Kat3 ай бұрын
I wonder if that Harry who has run away to the US will think it's about him!😂 Like when the audience were applauding the orchestra, he kept bowing, thinking it was for him and her!!! I hope everyone has seen this priceless footage! 🤣When I feel down, I watch this video of them looking around and up, to the gallery, waving to everyone as an acknowledgement of the ovation. I wonder, if these inconsequential pair were told, it wasn't for them?🤣
@HookBeak_664 ай бұрын
This suddenly popped into my mind, watching this quality drama from Yorkshire Television. (My grandfather was a heating engineer for them). I seem to remember (unsure of date) when the IRA let off a grenade or something similar it was fired into the backyard of No.10 Downing Street, that certainly got the journalists typing like fury.
@stephensmith44803 ай бұрын
It was a Mortar attack in Feb 1991.
@HookBeak_663 ай бұрын
@@stephensmith4480 Thanks for the update.
@stephensmith44803 ай бұрын
@@HookBeak_66 👍👍
@mikehanson73283 ай бұрын
I have this on dvd....great TV
@chrisholland73673 ай бұрын
I also have it on DVD absolutely brilliant.
@londonlady2272 ай бұрын
Loved this! And the theme song....❤
@v.britton44453 ай бұрын
Just found this ! Love Ray Lonnen.
@CARLIN47377 ай бұрын
More like a play in parts. Very good indeed. enjoyed that.
@CARLIN473714 күн бұрын
Im Ex Royal regiment Of Fusiliers/ Thats the Hackle we wore in our berets for those who are still interested.
@michaelharrison36023 ай бұрын
Since watching this the first first time round I've read every book Gerald Seymour wrote zThe best thriller and espionage writer in the country
@berwhaletheavenger3 ай бұрын
As an aside, I owned the Rover 2600 police car (CYW) seen early on a couple of times - around 35 years ago.
@timsimms657073 ай бұрын
Thanks, this is a compelling program.
@user-bn9rw5xj5z2 ай бұрын
The actor ray lonnen who plays Harry was allso in the sandbaggers sublime series as well
@raystewart6524 Жыл бұрын
Actually filmed in Leeds...Meanwood..
@GEGBoxingКүн бұрын
Opening scene is Royal Avenue, Chelsea off Kings Road.
@adrianred2363 ай бұрын
The only unrealistic thing about Harry's Game was having a lad called Billy from the Catholic community in Belfast.
@stephensmith44803 ай бұрын
Brilliant. I watched it when it was first screened and managed to get a copy on Disc off ebay many years later which I still have. I have been past that BBC Building so many times. They opened a Weatherspoons right next to it, my missus is a Belfast Girl.
@robertknight54293 ай бұрын
Remember this well. I think I can deffo spot the bits that were censored at the time!
@climbtherainbow3 ай бұрын
I can't. I remember watching it when it was first aired, and this is exactly as I remember the original showing.
@rikkic70003 ай бұрын
Childhood memories loved this show
@seamus97503 ай бұрын
Often heard about this but never saw it....grew up in that hole !!
@michaelwhittaker54323 ай бұрын
The superb actor Ray Lonnen , would have made a great james Bond I reckon , if you like Harrys game look out for another T.V series from the same time staring Ray Lonnen as well its called the `Sand baggers` about the British Intelligence service ,just brilliant
@paulmaryon90884 ай бұрын
Brilliant thank you
@pudsrus24 ай бұрын
I worked in a factory in Liverpool,in the mid 80’s,one of my best mates there said there was an I.R.A bag man living next to him,he had no clue untill the bizzies said “Didn’t any of your family notice he left with one bag and came back with two”😳😳😳Scary times them.
@andrewhoward72004 ай бұрын
What are bizzies. And what's the significance of the two bags.
@pudsrus24 ай бұрын
@@andrewhoward7200 Police,and if you go for a weekend away you come back with the same ammount of bags/luggage usually.Are you really that slow,or just get up early and practice?
@stephensmith44803 ай бұрын
@@pudsrus2 Liverpool was a hotbed of sectarianism back in the day so I can well imagine it mate.
@simonh63713 ай бұрын
@@pudsrus2 Ah don't be so hard on him, probably a millenial or zoomer, they have no idea about all this.
@redrebel00668 ай бұрын
Thanks for this.
@maehay40653 ай бұрын
Love the music at the end of episode!
@136991113 ай бұрын
Excellent !!!
@grahamcollins68723 ай бұрын
Great book great series. And the theme is brilliant by Clannad.
@johnnunn86883 ай бұрын
Great stuff, thanks.
@davidparry19683 ай бұрын
An excellent adaptation of Gerald Seymour’s novel.
@daveboon59923 ай бұрын
Captain Nirac RIP 🙏🏻
@Simon-jj2pu3 ай бұрын
My first thought when seeing this back in the day
@khiggins87333 ай бұрын
Ray Lonnen who played Harry died in 2014 aged 74
@stephensmith44803 ай бұрын
@@Simon-jj2pu The Book about his life story is Amazing. He was an odd one, even as a young lad.
@climbtherainbow3 ай бұрын
Nope. Read Sir Clive Fairweather's opinion of Nairac and his SOPS. Not very high.
@stephensmith44803 ай бұрын
@@climbtherainbow Nope what??
@Simon-jj2pu3 ай бұрын
Ended up being a Charge Nurse in Casualty
@millwallholdings3 ай бұрын
And in The Long Good friday Hoskins ended up killing him
@AlekEnpain-fg7wx2 ай бұрын
This is really good and I am enjoying it, it is just a pity that the picture isn't to good that spoils it. Never the less, I am enjoying it and thank you for making it available.
@chrisholland73673 ай бұрын
Derek Thompson IRA gunman and senior nurse Charlie Farehead in Casualty. Great drama at the height the 'Troubles '
@edgeyt13 ай бұрын
Wish the ads had been left in.
@paulshaw20133 ай бұрын
A young Derek Thompson of Casualty fame as the assassin at the beginning.
@michaelwesterland18533 ай бұрын
Also in "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins.
@astronomer773 ай бұрын
Saw it back in the day,4 channels and more quality shows, stories, actors, than the crap we see today.
@user-im-652 ай бұрын
Classic BBC series watched it in 82 - Clannad theme elevated- rough raw and and classic 1982 in west Belfast-Tiocfaidh ar la- 2024 it's coming closer
@davidandrews89633 ай бұрын
THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST SERIES EVER AND THE THEME SONG TOO THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW OUT OF TOUCH THE FEKIN SUITS ARE AND WHAT A DISASTER THE WHOLE IRISH CONFLICT WAS CAUSED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AS PER USUAL THE YANKS HAD VIETNAM THE UK NORTHERN IRELAND AS SOON AS POLITICIANS GET INVOLVED YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE AN ALMIGHTY FUCK UP AND NOW IN 2024 ITS STILL THE SAME THERE IS A QUIET STIRRING ACROSS THE IRISH SEA THE CONFLICT IS FAR FROM OVER THANKYOU FOR POSTING THIS I WAS 14 WHEN IT FIRST CAME AROUND AND I WATCHED IT BACK THEN TOO VERY DARK AND HARD HITTING BRILLIANTLY MADE CHEERS 🙏🌈♥️🇮🇹
@derekfinlay31783 ай бұрын
With an accent like that he wouldnt have lasted 24 hrs on falls road
@FRM1013 ай бұрын
In case you missed it, his name's Billy.
@edwardking99894 ай бұрын
I saw it when it came out first,and read the book,the other fabulous one was "the glory boys",from the same author.
@colinbarron43 ай бұрын
That was also made into a TV film. I have the DVD.
@michaelharrison36023 ай бұрын
Every book Seymour writes is a classic
@edwardking99893 ай бұрын
I wish the glory boys,were made into a British dvd,it's available in America but not UK.
@colinbarron43 ай бұрын
I have it on DVD but it is a free DVD that came with The Daily Mail many years ago.
@st41672 ай бұрын
How things have changed ! These days they can't even catch terrorists on the British main land ! To be honest I think it's sad ! Great historical archive !
@algernonrene54303 ай бұрын
Absolute masterpiece from Yorkshire television harry game 1982 starring ray lonnon features the music of clannad who did the theme music al
@arthurrafferty41023 ай бұрын
Remember it like yesterday.
@vivienneandersson60193 ай бұрын
Thnks!!!!!!!!!
@paullloyd68523 ай бұрын
They hunt the soldiers for crimes yet let the terrorists alone
@thomasshepard60303 ай бұрын
All thanks to the rat 🐀 tony Blair
@rosedrop49593 ай бұрын
❤❤1 of my favourites i liked ray
@bhante13455 ай бұрын
12:00 Correction: "What about ye?"
@lesleymcshanemitchell96514 ай бұрын
Went to Belfast last year How different from 6years ago. ALMOST C. Cosmopoliton
@stephensmith44803 ай бұрын
I spent best part of 20 Years there, the place has changed beyond all recognition 👍👍
@johnbull15683 ай бұрын
I visited with my mum and stepdad in 1984, it was grim as hell there. All I really remember about the city was a giant wall dozens of feet high, and my stepdad said it was a police station (no idea if that was true). Another thing I recall is that my mum had been nagging my stepdad to get our living room ceiling artexed. He was a builder, and told her that he wasn't going to artex it because it will crack eventually. Anyway, we get to our bed and breakfast in Belfast, and the ceiling is artexed, with absolutely gigantic cracks all across it. My mum says 'I see what you mean about artex cracking, I guess we won't bother'. My stepdad nodded sagely, but didn't tell her until much later that those particular cracks were from the building next door getting blown up some time previously. Also, when we travelled across the border into Republic of Ireland, it was night-time out in the country. We got to the checkpoint, and there was a sign saying something like 'when light is red, turn off headlights and engine. When green, approach slowly'. The light was red, so my stepdad turned off the lights and engine, and we sat there waiting. Eventually the light turned green, so he started the car up, turned the lights on, and started advancing slowly. The checkpoint was about 100m away, and by the time we crawled there, the whole place went mental. We could see a soldier manning a machine gun atop this makeshift post, pointing it right at us, and 2 soldiers ran right up to the car windows with their rifles levelled at us, screaming to put our hands up, and another soldier manning a spotlight was pointing it right at us. One soldier is screaming at my stepdad, demanding to know why he put the headlights on, and he told them that's what he normally does and the sign didn't say anything about not putting the lights back on. Anyway, the soldiers realised we were not a threat and chilled out. We sat there for a while chatting to them, and 2 of them were from my home city. One of them peered into the back of the car where I was sitting and asked 'are you alright son'?, and I replied 'I think I lost my b-b-b-ottle', I was terrified lol. They also explained that the evening before a French tourist had done the exact same thing but had not stopped, and his brand new Renault got lit up. Thankfully he wasn't injured. It's mental to think that ppl lived with this every day not so long ago.
@susanhenderson23222 ай бұрын
Night and day from 70s
@user-tn9ji7ou1j3 ай бұрын
Read the book by Gerald Seymour.
@MrWadstw2 ай бұрын
38:57 Get in Black cab with 70,s British Army issued suitcase heading to the falls road = Legend !!!
@stephenholmes1036Ай бұрын
Watch tne scene with Rennie and Billy
@chelamcguire3 ай бұрын
Brilliant.
@newtronix3 ай бұрын
Five minutes from baker street to Watford!
@michaelodonnell60783 ай бұрын
More like half an hour than 5 minutes I would guess.
@59patrickw2 ай бұрын
its only a inch on the map said the army intelligence officer at the briefing
@alanburke18933 ай бұрын
Who knew that the infamous Glenn from 'Nighty Night' erstwhile lover of Julia Davies had previously been a senior operative in the PIRA 😮
@elliottg.19543 ай бұрын
Watched this on tour in L/Derry Waterside when it was broadcast, and didn't realise how bad it is. At 38:26 he's carrying an army suitcase and then gets into a Black Taxi. Incredibly stupid error by the programme makers, and the first thing the boys and girls mentioned next day. And at 38:57, we weren't that unprofessional at checkpoints. Not a bad TV effort, close but no cigar.
@hrafnofthule59623 ай бұрын
Hello from culmore 😂
@zulu11843 ай бұрын
I really wanted to enjoy this - but KZbin adverts every 2.5 minutes. FFS...