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WATCH: A look back at Derry in days gone by (1968)

#SpotlightSunday this week takes us back in time to 1968 and a old film/documentary set in Derry. Take a look at the changes in the area over the past 55 years. Do you recognise any of the landmarks? Please comment and share #SpotlightSunday ...

08 Jan 2023 at 11:33

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WATCH: Do you recall 'The Best Man' (1983)

A clip from award winning drama set in Derry called "The Best man" showing various street scenes from the Bogside, the Lecky Road, up past the Rossville Flats on Fahan Street and into Waterloo Street. The film reflects the ordinary ways ...

23 Apr 2023 at 12:33

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WATCH: This Mother's Day celebrate the best bits from Derry Girls Ma Mary

As we celebrate Mother's Day, #SpotlightSunday this week is a compilation of the best bits of Ma Mary from the very popular TV show Derry Girls. Hope you all enjoy it. #SpotlightSunday #DerryNews #DerryNow #Derry #DerryGirls Video: Hat ...

19 Mar 2023 at 10:33

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WATCH: February 1965 saw the closure of The Derry Road

14 February 1965 saw the closure of The Derry Road - A 75 mile Great Northern Railway route that stretched between Portadown and Derry. This route served the major towns of Dungannon, Omagh, Newtownstewart and Stabane plus many ...

12 Feb 2023 at 11:33

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WATCH: Michael Palin's Great Railway Journeys: Derry To Kerry (1993)

#SpotlightSunday takes us back 30 years to the visit to the city from TV presenter Michael Palin. Michael spoke to locals before departing from Derry on his ancestral journey along the Irish railway to Kerry. Video: Sam B

22 Jan 2023 at 10:33

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WATCH: Surrender at Lisahally Port of German U-Boats (1945)

Operation Deadlight was the Royal Navy's executive action which led to the sinking of 116 German U-Boats off the coast of Northern Ireland and Donegal between 27 November 1945 and 12 February 1946. This was the culmination of ...

19 Feb 2023 at 13:33

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WATCH: Amazing archive footage of Derry (1965)

Video featuring numerous streets and landmarks within Derry in 1965, some of which no longer exist. Some of the streets and landmarks included in the amazing footage are Bishop Street Without, Long Tower Street, Henrietta ...

03 Jan 2024 at 17:33

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WATCH: Documentary showing extraordinary story of Springtown Camp

The Extraordinary Story of Springtown Camp is a short documentary about the poverty and deprivation that forced people to move into vacated American Navy camps after World War Two. Springtown Camp was a United States ...

26 Feb 2023 at 11:33

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WATCH: 'Children In Crossfire' documentary from Derry's Creggan Eestate (1974)

In 1974 BBC featured a documentary entitled 'Children in Crossfire', which examined the effect the conflict had on the lives of young people caught up in the troubled areas of Derry's Creggan estate and Belfast. ...

06 Oct 2024 at 09:33

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WATCH: Closure of the ‘Derry Road’ rail route between Derry and Portadown (1965)

14 Feb 2025 at 08:33

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The 1965 Valentine’s Day massacre of the iconic 'Derry Road'

Valentine’s Day is most commonly associated with love. But for the North-West it also marks the end of an almost 120 year relationship with the island’s rail network. The first passenger rail services in the ...

12 Feb 2026 at 15:33

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