Michael Gough
Arthur Apple
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Children of the North is a British television thriller drama series, written by John Hale, that first broadcast on BBC2 on 30 October 1991. The series, comprising four episodes, was based on the novel trilogy The Killing of Yesterday's Children, Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye by author M.S. Power.
1 9 9 1 (UK) 4 x 55 minute episodes. Premiering on 30 October 1991, this controversial four-part BBC2 drama series – based on a trilogy of novels by M S Power – revolved around the murder of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland and the subsequent explosive political situation as Colonel Mailer (Patrick Malahide) – a long-standing member of MI6 – and John Axton (Tony Doyle) – an RUC ...
S1.E1 ∙ The Killing of Yesterday's Children. Wed, Oct 30, 1991. Add a plot.
A BBC Drama starring Michael Gough, Tony Doyle and Patrick Malahide. Broadcast 30th October 1991.
Thriller. Cast. Michael Gough (Arthur Apple) Patrick Malahide (Colonel Mailer) John Kavanagh (Seamus Reilly) Tony Doyle (John Axton) Paul Brooke (Ballister) Sean Caffrey (IRA Chief of Staff)...
The first episode revolves around an attempted assassination of MI5 agent Colonel Mailer in which his chauffuer is killed by the provisional IRA but then the story slips and slides into umpteen different subplots as more characters are introduced and the plot loses all focus .
Children of the North: With Michael Gough, Patrick Malahide, John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle. The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
