A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles. James (not his real name) runs a network of informers and sources operating along the border area of South Down and South Armagh during the worst years of violence. For both Handler and Source, it’s a matter of life and death. Some names, dates and details have been changed to protect the living.

Episode 7: Blurred lines

James is worried that too many agencies have become involved in intelligence gathering, and shares his thoughts on allegations of collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries. Captain Robert Nairac assists James by helping a new IRA Officer Commanding have a change of heart, but Nairac’s risk-taking is placing him in ever increasing danger.

Cast:

James – Jonathan Harden

A BBC Northern Ireland Production

Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles. James (not his real name) runs a network of informers and sources operating along the border area of South Down and South Armagh during the worst years of violence. For both handler and source, it’s a matter of life and death. Some names, dates and details have been changed to protect the living.

Episode 8: The Enemy Within

Cast:

A BBC Northern Ireland Production.

One priceless art collection, stolen twice - by two very different criminals.

Episode 1: A Knock at the door

Wicklow, 1974. A mysterious woman arrives at Russborough House speaking French. She claims her car has broken down. 45 minutes later, the biggest art heist in history is over. Who is behind the robbery - and what connects it to a hijacked helicopter used in a failed IRA bomb attack just three months earlier?

Presented by Marie-Louise Muir.

Cast:

Rose Dugdale – Séainín Brennan

Producer: Conor McKay

A BBC Northern Ireland Production.

One priceless art collection, stolen twice - by two very different criminals. The Heiress & The General examines the lead up to both robberies, the aftermath and the hunt for the missing art – two paintings remain missing to this day.

Episode 2: The Heiress

As a police hunt for the paintings and the thieves intensifies across the country, a ransom note arrives on the desk of the director the National Gallery in Dublin. Clues point to an unlikely key suspect, a millionaire heiress who is already on the run from police. The search soon narrows to a remote area of West Cork.

The Heiress & The General features documentary interviews alongside dramatised scenes written by Claire McGowan.

Presented by Marie-Louise Muir.

Cast:

Producer: Conor McKay

A BBC Northern Ireland Production

One priceless art collection, stolen twice - by two very different criminals. The Heiress & The General examines the lead up to both robberies, the aftermath and the hunt for the missing art – two paintings remain missing to this day.

Episode 3: Alone on the Pier

Police think they’ve found their chief suspect but as they wait for back-up, the suspect leaves and travels to the southern tip of Ireland, where she stands alone on a remote pier. When she returns, the police are waiting. A search of the cottage rented by the suspect under a false name provides a major break-through.

Presented by Marie-Louise Muir

Cast:

Rose Dugdale - Séainín Brennan

Producer: Conor McKay

A BBC Northern Ireland Production

One priceless art collection, two of the most daring robberies in art heist history - carried out by two very different criminals.

The Heiress & The General examines the lead up to the robberies, the aftermath and the hunt for the missing art – two priceless paintings remain missing to this day.

Episode 4: The General

May 1986. Under cover of darkness, thieves break into Russborough House. They steal 19 paintings and escape unnoticed. When the alarm is raised, police initially suspect Republican paramilitaries, but intelligence soon points to a notorious Dublin gangster – Martin Cahill, aka The General.

The Heiress & The General features documentary interviews alongside dramatised scenes written by Claire McGowan.

Presented by Marie-Louise Muir

Cast:

Martin Cahill – Lloyd Cooney

Producer: Conor McKay

A BBC Northern Ireland Production

One priceless art collection, two of the most daring robberies in art heist history - carried out by two very different criminals. The Heiress and The General examines the lead up to the robberies, the aftermath and the hunt for the missing art – two priceless paintings remain missing to this day.

Episode 5: The Hunt

Martin Cahill continues his feud with the Garda but is unaware that an elaborate sting operation is already being planned, involving multiple police forces from around the world – will he take the bait? Meanwhile The General sends his lieutenant to a high-stakes meeting with an American gangster – but all is not as it seems.

Presented by Marie-Louise Muir

Martin Cahill – Lloyd Cooney

Producer: Conor McKay

One priceless art collection, two of the most daring robberies in art heist history - carried out by two very different criminals. The Heiress and The General examines the lead up to the robberies, the aftermath and the hunt for the missing art – two priceless paintings remain missing to this day.

Episode 6: Tango One

In his desperation to get rid of the stolen art, Cahill takes drastic and dangerous action. His dealings with Loyalist paramilitaries in Ulster reawaken an old and very bitter feud with the IRA. Meanwhile, another international police operation spins a delicate web to entrap Cahill and his gang – leading to a final showdown at Antwerp airport.

The Heiress and The General features documentary interviews alongside dramatised scenes written by Claire McGowan.

Presented by Marie-Louise Muir

Martin Cahill – Lloyd Cooney

Producer: Conor McKay

In a tiny apartment in San Francisco, lives an apparently ordinary, elderly man, with only the shirt on his back, a cheap plastic watch and one pair of shoes.

Few know who he is, or what he was. This is the story of the backroom broker, who, through brown envelopes and the handover of billions, may just have changed the course of history.

Some say he was recruited at a young age by the secret service, others tell a very different tale. His activities were shrouded in secrecy and wrapped in a fortune.

Roma Downey tries to piece together the story of this man - as told by the people in his life from close family members to those who met him in clandestine encounters.

Presenter: Roma Downey

Producer: Cathy Moorehead

Exec Editor: Andy Martin

Chuck's global money-making machine seemed unstoppable but what was the source? And how did it disappear? We enter into a world of savvy intelligence, tax free havens & a yearning to reconnect with ancestral ties in Ireland - all shrouded in secrecy and wrapped in a fortune.

Roma Downey tries to piece together the story of this mysterious man across continents and airport terminals.

Presenter: Roma Downey

Producer: Cathy Moorehead

Exec Editor: Andy Martin