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Sian Brooke as Grace Ellis and Martin McCann as Stevie Neill

Belfast-set Blue Lights back for series three

The Belfast-set police drama Blue Lights is returning for a third series on BBC One, with the broadcaster releasing first-look photos from the new season, transmission date TBC.

Television • 04 Sep

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1871 -- Pictured: Musical guest Charli XCX performs "360" on Saturday, November 16, 2024 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about Charli XCX's gigs

Charli XCX is set to bring her BRAT tour to Dublin and Belfast, find out everything you need to know about the hotly-anticipated gigs here.

Music • 14 Jun

The Sugababes to play Dublin and Belfast in 2025

Sugababes announce Dublin and Belfast shows for 2025

The Sugababes have announced they are returning to Ireland for two arena shows next year.

Music • 22 Oct 24

DJ Próvai of Kneecap arriving at the Belfast premiere of their eponymous movie at the Omniplex on the Falls Road in Belfast / Image: Presseye

Kneecap bring award-winning movie home to Belfast

Hip-hop trio Kneecap arrived in a haze of green and orange smoke to the premiere of their self-titled movie at the Kennedy Centre in West Belfast on Tuesday evening.

Movies • 07 Aug 24

Callan Kicks The Year 2023, 9:30pm, RTÉ One

What's on? Top TV and streaming tips for Friday

Satire, movies, and music are our recommendations for today.

Television • 29 Dec 23

Geri Halliwell-Horner was a guest on The Nine O'Clock Show on RTÉ Radio 1 on Tuesday

Titanic Belfast 'best museum' for Geri Halliwell-Horner

Spice Girls star and author Geri Halliwell-Horner has told The Nine O'Clock Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that Titanic Belfast is the "best museum" she has visited.

Radio • 21 Nov 23

(L-R) Jamie Dornan, Kenneth Branagh and Jude Hill - A Haunting in Venice is in cinemas from Friday 15 September

Belfast trio reunite for A Haunting in Venice

Belfast stars Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill and director Kenneth Branagh have reunited for Branagh's new Hercule Poirot film, A Haunting in Venice.

Movies • 12 Sep 23

Arctic Monkeys returning to Dublin and Belfast

Arctic Monkeys will be returning to Dublin and Belfast in October for a series of arena dates to mark the end of their world tour.

Music • 22 Aug 23

Johnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher in The Lovers - "Set in Belfast, this is a sexy, funny, fight-y love story about two people who appear to be utterly wrong for each other - yet may just be utterly right"

Belfast the setting for new rom-com series The Lovers

The trailer for the new Belfast-set romantic comedy series The Lovers has been released ahead of the show's arrival on Sky Atlantic and NOW on Thursday 7 September.

Television • 21 Aug 23

Work on film in Belfast delayed by Hollywood strike

The head of Northern Ireland Screen has called for a quick and equitable end to the strike by Hollywood writers and actors as a large film production in Belfast has had to be delayed.

Movies • 19 Jul 23

Blue Lights will return for six episodes of 60 minutes each

PSNI drama Blue Lights renewed by BBC for second season

The BBC has announced that its PSNI drama series Blue Lights is to return for a second season after becoming "a breakout hit", with filming due to begin in Belfast this summer.

Television • 21 Apr 23

(L-R) Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin - Wins for Production Design and Costume Design (Belfast) and Cinematography (An Cailín Ciúin )

Belfast, An Cailín Ciúin win European Film Awards

Kenneth Branagh's Belfast and Colm Bairéad's An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) have been named among the winners of Excellence Awards in the European Film Awards' craft categories.

Movies • 23 Nov 22

Jude Hill in Mandrake. Picture credit: Mary Woods

Young Belfast star Jude Hill is back in new horror film

Jude Hill, who recently won acclaim for playing Buddy in Kenneth Branagh's film Belfast, is set to make his return to the screen in new horror movie, Mandrake, which was shot in Northern Ireland.

Movies • 12 Oct 22

(L-R) Kenneth Branagh, Jude Hill and Jamie Dornan will work together again on Branagh's upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice.

Belfast trio reuniting for Agatha Christie adaptation

Belfast stars Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill are reuniting with the film's Oscar-winning writer-director Kenneth Branagh for Branagh's upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice.

Movies • 11 Oct 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Friday

Tonight sees the return of The Late Late Show, there's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Kenneth Branagh's Belfast lands on Sky Cinema, Have I Got News for You has a BoJo special, and there's a Swedish take on Agatha Christie . . .

Television • 02 Sep 22

The award-winning actors exercised their right to herd sheep along Stratford-upon-Avon's Sheep Street after they were bestowed with the title

Branagh and Dench herd sheep in Stratford-upon-Avon

Belfast director Kenneth Branagh and star Judi Dench have received the honour of 'freemen' of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Britain's West Midlands.

Movies • 22 Apr 22

Ciarán Hinds is nominated for Best Supporting Actor at tonight's Oscars for his performance in Belfast

Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds on big films in his career

With Belfast star Ciarán Hinds among the Oscar nominees tonight, we're taking a trip back to a feature we did with him some years ago about some of the key films in his career - adding his thoughts from our recent interview about Belfast.

Oscars 2022 • 27 Mar 22

Watch the Oscars on Monday from 9:35pm on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player

Oscars: the nominees - and winners - on Sunday night

Here we are again, with fingers crossed for Irish nominees and hoping we'll all have something to celebrate come Monday morning.

Oscars 2022 • 25 Mar 22

Judi Dench, Jude Hill and Ciarán Hinds star in Belfast

Black and white is Hollywood's new favourite colour

Black and white is the hot new trend in Hollywood, where directors of Oscar-contending films such as Belfast and The Tragedy of Macbeth are embracing monochrome for its storytelling power.

Movies • 23 Mar 22

Kenneth Branagh - The Oscar-nominated writer-director of Belfast is to be honoured at the ceremony, which takes place in Los Angeles just days before the 94th Academy Awards

Kenneth Branagh 'to miss Oscar Wilde Awards'

It is reported that Kenneth Branagh will miss this year's Oscar Wilde Awards, due to be held in California on Thursday, after testing positive for Covid-19.

Movies • 22 Mar 22

Ciarán Hinds - To play the boss and mentor of Charlie Cox's character in Treason

Ciarán Hinds reunites with KIN co-star for Netflix show

Ciarán Hinds is reuniting with his KIN co-star Charlie Cox for Treason, a six-part spy drama coming to Netflix.

Television • 16 Mar 22

Ciarán Hinds: "the art of film is very important"

Ciarán Hinds says Belfast 'is very true to humanity'

On the BAFTA red carpet, actor Ciarán Hinds has spoken about the success of Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical film Belfast, which focuses on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Baftas 2022 • 13 Mar 22

Kenneth Branagh - Honoured with the Outstanding British Film award

Belfast among the winners at the BAFTAs

Writer-director Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical family drama Belfast won the Outstanding British Film award at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards in London on Sunday night.

Baftas 2022 • 14 Mar 22

(Clockwise from top) Ciarán Hinds, Caitríona Balfe, Ruth Negga and Jessie Buckley

Irish eyes on tonight's BAFTA Film Awards in London

Irish actors Caitríona Balfe, Jessie Buckley, Ciarán Hinds and Ruth Negga are among the nominees for tonight's BAFTA Film Awards at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Movies • 13 Mar 22

Kin, Belfast, An Cailín Ciúin and Deadly Cuts pick up IFTA nominations

All the nominees for the 2022 IFTA Film & Drama Awards

The nominees for the 2022 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Film and Drama Awards have been announced, with RTÉ drama Kin, Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin picking up a glut of nominations.

Movies • 23 Feb 22