Banjo Bannon

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Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive

Launched in 2000, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive spans from 1897 to the present day and currently contains an ever-expanding catalogue of 13,000 items. It comprises material from a variety of depositors including feature films, sport, documentaries, animation, amateur footage, light entertainment, and a significant proportion of broadcast material from the UTV Archive.

Banjo Bannon

The Northern Irish mountain climber speaks about his achievements and losing friends on K2.

Gerry interviews Terence 'Banjo' Bannon in his home town to speak about his many achievements in mountain climbing. He speaks about the difficulty of climbing and how it effects the body and mind.
Bannon talks about his attempted climb of K2 and his narrow escape from an avalanche which killed four of his expedition members, resulting in Bannon aborting the attempt.

Terence 'Banjo' Bannon is a mountaineer and adventurer from Newry, Northern Ireland. In May 2003 Bannon became the second person from Northern Ireland to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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Kelly

Northern Ireland’s genial chat show king shares time with a host of famous names from across the world of entertainment, sport and politics.

From 1989 to 2005 there was one unrivalled claimant to the crown of Northern Ireland’s favourite talk show host – UTV’s Gerry Kelly. Kelly’s easy-going interviewing style and his always-eclectic mix of guests and musical acts ensured that his show was one of the weekly jewels in the crown of Ulster Television’s schedules. This collection of highlights from the series includes his talks with famous faces from Northern Ireland such as George Best, Dame Mary Peters and a young Rory McIlroy, who spoke to Gerry when he was just a primary school child embarking upon his golfing career. Also included are longer chats from the ‘Gerry Meets...’ series where he sits down to talk with Hollywood legends such as Maureen O’Hara and Robin Williams. Always with a friendly twinkle in his eye, Gerry demonstrates how he became one of Northern Ireland’s most beloved television personalities.

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The Last Ever

  • Belfast
  • 2005
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American WWII Veterans in Northern Ireland

  • Belfast
  • 1992
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Anthony Daniels (Kelly)

  • Belfast
  • 1997
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Overturned Conviction of the Guildford Four

  • Belfast
  • 1989
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Queen's University Belfast 150th Anniversary

  • Belfast
  • 1995
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Gerry Adams Interview

  • Belfast
  • 2005
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Robin Williams (Kelly)

  • Belfast
  • 1998
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Gerry Meets... Maureen O'Hara

  • 2006
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Banjo Bannon

  • Belfast
  • 2006
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Brian Keenan

  • 2006
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