Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days(2011–2013)

Name: Those Were the Days
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-02-21

February 21, 20113 Seasons · 15 Episodes

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Overview

Richard Dormer narrates this nostalgic documentary series that delves into the BBC archives to reveal the changing face of life in Northern Ireland.

Created by Richard Dormer

Network BBC One Northern Ireland

Seasons

Series 1

4 Episodes

2011

E01

Work in Progress

2/21/2011

How the world of work has been transformed in Northern Ireland.

E02

The Summer Season

2/28/2011

How holidays at home have been transformed in Northern Ireland.

E03

Trains, Planes and Automobiles

3/7/2011

Charting the rapid changes in the world of transport in Northern Ireland.

E04

A Taste of the Country

3/14/2011

Charting the radical changes in the nation's farms, markets and cuisine.

Series 2

7 Episodes

2011

E01

School's Out

11/7/2011

Children, teachers and programme-makers show how education and youth culture has evolved through the decades.

E02

That's Entertainment

11/14/2011

How performers adapted to changing tastes and the Troubles.

E03

No Place Like Home

11/21/2011

How we used to live, from inferior interiors to domestic bliss.

E04

Travel in Time

11/28/2011

How locals acclimatized to destinations like Toronto, Israel and Iran.

E05

Retail Therapy

12/5/2011

Trawling the stalls, malls and high street stores that served a generation of shoppers.

E06

When the Boat Comes In

12/12/2011

How, from Lough Erne to the Irish Sea, we have lived, worked and played on and near the water.

E07

Christmas Special

12/19/2011

The changing face of Christmas in Northern Ireland.

Series 3

4 Episodes

2013

E01

Teenage Kicks

6/12/2013

The changing face of everyday life in the north west of Northern Ireland. Footage of The Undertones on TOTP and boxing champion Billy Kelly in his prime.

E02

The Town I Loved So Well

6/19/2013

A youthful Phil Coulter recalls the day the President came to town.

E03

All Kinds of Everything

6/26/2013

Teenage sensation Dana fresh from her Eurovision success and a soaking wet Hugo Duncan.

E04

Things Can Only Get Better

7/10/2013

D:Ream is in his finest Tartan pomp, and Derry-Londonderry celebrates becoming the UK's first City of Culture.

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Cast

Richard Dormer

Self - Narrator (voice)

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