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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.

Ask Anne (Ask Anne)

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Belleek
18 Sep 1989
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A scheme for golfers who are visually impaired and the school at Musgrave Park Hospital.

This episode covers golfing for the blind and visually impaired, complaints about coal, a new Housing Executive repair grant scheme, and an upcoming public meeting of the Northern Ireland Pensioners Convention. We also get a look into the school at Musgrave Park Hospital. Anne speaks to the principal and teachers about how and what the children at the hospital learn.

Anne Hailes joined Ulster Television as a production assistant. She went on to present Ask Anne, one of the station's most viewed programmes at the time.

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Ask Anne

Lifestyle show that covered all types of topics, from health and family matters to education and consumer advice.

Anne Hailes started her career with UTV right at the beginning. Joining just as the station began broadcasting in 1959. This was the start of a long media career that spanned decades and various broadcasters across the UK. Ask Anne was created in collaboration with the producer Harry Adair. Its no-nonsense approach to consumer affairs and lifestyle advice made it one of UTV’s highest rated shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Topics covered in this collection range from fashion and food to anxiety and education. Have a look and gain an insight into what everyday concerns were on the minds of Northern Irish people of the time.

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1990

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1990

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1990

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Anxiety

Belfast
1989

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European Common Market

Belfast
1989

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1989

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30 Years of UTV

Belfast
1989

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1990

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Vegetarian Cooking

Belleek
1990

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Pets

Belleek
1989

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1990

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1989

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Fashion

Belleek
1991

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1989

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Fashion and Design

Belleek
1991

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The Fur Trade

Belleek
1989

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The Eleven Plus Exam

Belleek
1991

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Employment Centres

Belfast
1989

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Breathing

Belfast
1991

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Belfast Fashion and Design Centre

Belfast
1990

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Fostering

Belfast
1990

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Multiple Sclerosis

Belfast
1990

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