Children of the North

Children of the North
Patrick Malahide and Michael Gough as Colonel Mailer and Arthur Apple
Genre	Thriller
Based on	Children of the North by M.S. Power
Written by	John Hale
Directed by	David Drury
Starring	Patrick Malahide Michael Gough Tony Doyle John Kavanagh Adrian Dunbar Paul Brooke Jonathan Hyde Ian McElhinney Sean Caffrey
Composer	Geoffrey Burgon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Producer	Chris Parr
Production locations	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cinematography	Alec Curtis
Editor	Ian Farr
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	BBC Northern Ireland
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	30 October (1991-10-30) – 20 November 1991 (1991-11-20)
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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.^[1] 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. All four episodes were directed by David Drury, with Chris Parr acting as executive producer.

The series starred Patrick Malahide as Colonel Mailer, an MI5 agent whose chauffeur is killed during an IRA assassination attempt on Mailer and Michael Gough as Arthur Apple, a bookie who launders money for the IRA.^[2] The series has never been re-broadcast or released on DVD.^{[citation needed]}