The Bombmaker (2001)

Directed by

Graham Theakston

Genre

action film

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former IRA bombmaker is forced back into her old life when her daughter is kidnapped. She must build bombs again to save her child.

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What happens

The Bombmaker is a two-part British television drama serial, written and created by Stephen Leather, and directed by Graham Theakston. It first broadcast on Sky One on 8 April 2001, with the second and final episode following a week later on 15 April. The series, based upon Leather's novel of the same name, stars Dervla Kirwan as Andrea Hayes, a former IRA bombmaker who is forced to come out of retirement when her daughter is kidnapped and held to ransom. Mark Womack stars as Andrea's husband Martin, while Ciara Lyons plays the role of her daughter, Katie. David Hunt, Angeline Ball, Marc Warren, Francis Magee, Daragh O'Malley, Brendan Coyle and Samantha Bond are also credited as principal members of the cast. Filming on the series commenced in September 2000. Notably, the series has yet to be released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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