A Belfast boy flees the Troubles only to find ghosts wear many faces.
When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west Ireland. But even here there are links to the past.
Acting
Donal McCann's wounded uncle, whiskey and unspoken grief.
Writing
Dialogue that trusts silence more than exposition.
Director
Barry Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barry Davis directed this between BBC Play for Today assignments; it aired once and vanished for decades until a 2019 restoration.
Shot in Connemara during the worst year of the Troubles, locals reportedly refused to speak to the Belfast-born crew members.
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