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Fall Guide to Good TV: Occupation

Sundays at 8 p.m. on BBC AmericaThoughtful BBC film tackles the Iraq warIn the riveting, wrenching Occupation, Northern Ireland native James Nesbitt plays Mike Swift, leader of a unit of British soldiers on a tour of Iraq. The series opens with a harrowing 10-minute battle scene, dramatically scored by Massive 
Attack’s “Teardrop.” Then the action shifts back to England, and the viewer realizes that war itself is only part of the story. Occupation is also interested in what Nesbitt calls “this terrible gulf between the soldiers and their families when they come back home, in terms of trying to release...  read more

Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt film Northern Ireland drama

Liam Neeson (Love Actually, Kinsey) and James Nesbitt (Match Point, Murhpy's Law) will share the screen for the first time in the forthcoming BBC drama, Five Minutes in Heaven, that has recently begun filming.  Written by Guy Hibbert (Omagh) for BBC's Belfast branch, the film will take viewers to both modern-day Northern Ireland and the "Troubles" era of the country's lengthy conflict....  read more