Private Passions

Private Passions is a six-part series, funded by the BCI Sound & Vision scheme. Each half hour documentary in the series has been produced by a different independent producer.

This programme was originally broadcast in May 2009 and is currently being repeated.

Podcast

Click here to download any of the past programmes from the Private Passions series.

The Dublin Devils

Programme 1: Friday 14th August

In the first programme in the series, The Dublin Devils, Fiona Kelly takes to the side-line to follow Ireland's first ever gay soccer team, both on and off the pitch, where she meets a group of lads who are keen to defy the stereotype that gay men are no good at sport.

Moths to a Flame

Programme 2: Friday 21st August

In the second of a six part series Diarmuid McIntyre brings us a programme called Moths to a Flame.

Wreck Diving in Ireland

Programme 3: Friday 28th August

A world of mystery and intrigue, a catalogue of war, famine, business and pleasure lies at the bottom of our seas.

Passionate About Wood

Programme 4: Friday 4th September

Gerry Robinson, son of a Donegal carpenter, whose family emigrated to London in the 1950s, talks with Mary Harte about his passion for wood.

Stalled Ambitions -The Story of Belfast's Last Market

Programme 5: Friday 11th September

In the fifth programme, Laura Haydon spends a day at St George's Market, tracking a few of the most colourful and vocal of its 248 stallholders.

Millers' Tales

Programme 6: Friday 18th September

An authored journey across Ireland through the eyes of its millers and mill lovers.