Harry's Game (1982) Episode 1 - Uncensored Version

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Жыл бұрын

Episode 1 of Yorkshire Television's Mini Series from 1982. Fully Uncut Version

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@bodhidhamma7 11 ай бұрын

Superb television. I saw it when it was broadcast. Never seen it anywhere since. Not repeated. Not on streaming services. Liked and subscribed. Made Clannad superstars.

@christopherchristos7275 5 ай бұрын

I recently purchased it on dvd. Fantastic series

@CARLIN4737 4 ай бұрын

Clannad are the only bit i didnt like?@@christopherchristos7275

@Utube74674 Ай бұрын

In what way Superstars? Explain yoursel ?

@robertcottam8824 Ай бұрын

@@Utube74674 Well. All popular, like. Sold millions o’ records in UK, rest o’ Europe, Canada, USA ‘n’ Australia innit?

@user-zc4so8pz3k Ай бұрын

yes haven't seen it for over 40 years, enjoy,

@michaelharrison3602 Ай бұрын

This was when television was worth watching. Real programs not just an endless processions of reality shows and Dlist celebrities 😅

@helmethead72 Ай бұрын

Well said, and can you imagine how many crappy advert breaks would ruin each episode?

@E-Kat 26 күн бұрын

That's why I don't watch tv for years now!

@alangemmell5398 25 күн бұрын

Well said Sir.

@isntimportant 18 күн бұрын

Back when white folk were allowed on TV.

@oreilly1237878 17 күн бұрын

Best to throw your t.v. away.

@travellinglady9484 10 ай бұрын

one of the best television dramas ever made. Thank you so much for making it available.

@AnyFuleKnoThat Ай бұрын

One of the most memorable TV series and theme songs ever.

@mishaskyhawk6765 Ай бұрын

I absolutely agree, it was an insight into the true nature of life in Northern Ireland. Theme song by Clannad, I still have it. Hauntingly beautiful.

@GG-jw8pt Ай бұрын

Enya.

@AnyFuleKnoThat 29 күн бұрын

@@GG-jw8pt No not Enya, theme song is by Clannad

@waynemulley 15 күн бұрын

@@AnyFuleKnoThat And who sang in Clannad? Enya...

@johnjhon-ef7nv 13 күн бұрын

Clannad Irish for family.about time truth came out about what invading brits did there

@user-vg8gm8fe2y Ай бұрын

Watched this as a kid remembered the name worth a watch

@zulubeatz1 6 күн бұрын

I always wanted to watch this series. I was too young when it first came out. Nice one.

@FOX007-um1wr Ай бұрын

This just sorta popped up in my feed, so I started watching and boy the fast action drew me right in. This is a really good show I haven't heard of before. Worth watching that's for sure.

@maryearll3359 26 күн бұрын

I saw this first time round, never forgot it. And here it is ! Thank you so much. ❤

@filtonkingswood 22 күн бұрын

Such an evocative and atmospheric drama. I ended up resenting the senior British figures and thinking Harry a fool.

@ennesshay5040 21 күн бұрын

'Hidden Agenda' [ 1990 ] film starring Brian Cox, Frances McDormand and directed by Ken Loach

@mariemarie2888 Ай бұрын

Wow I just got this as a recommendation from you tube. I was about 10 years old when this first came out but I remember my wee da watching this and he has passed away now so thanks for the memories ❤

@rightmarker1 22 күн бұрын

I served two tours on Op Banner in Londonderry. This depiction is very realistic - that 1 ton Humber armoured ‘pig’ - what a beast. We never did manage to kill McGuinness.

@lordeden2732 21 күн бұрын

He was an MI5 spy

@rightmarker1 21 күн бұрын

@@lordeden2732 I never bought into that stuff. McGuinness certainly had blood on his hands from direct involvement in murders of some RUC men and others including at least one officer in the UDR. He was a degenerate cowardly little man.

@simoncampbell3144 19 күн бұрын

I never tried to , just played the game , same as everyone else

@spodoinklehorse 8 күн бұрын

No he was not @@lordeden2732

@blueinbolton 10 ай бұрын

One of few novels that is exactly as you would imagine it on the screen. I can pay it no higher compliment - just superb with one of the most shocking endings that I have ever seen in a TV series. Just brilliant.

@mothmagic1 23 күн бұрын

One of the most haunting theme tunes ever used for a TV series. Performed by Clannad who gave us Enya with her beautiful voice.

@WDH59510 21 күн бұрын

The voice you hear isn't Enya's but that of her sister (Moya Brennan).

@Chris-rw2be 20 күн бұрын

@@WDH59510Yes true, but Enya was in the band early on.

@WDH59510 20 күн бұрын

@@Chris-rw2beindeed she was

@ifcukin8mufc168 7 ай бұрын

Watched it again having heard the theme as a question on Ken Bruce's Popmaster .! Very moving indeed and still as good when I first watched it back in 82 .!

@paranormaltheorist Ай бұрын

Came here after discovering "Sandbaggers". Amazing television.

@michaelwhittaker5432 28 күн бұрын

just mentioned that !! a great forgotten series

@paranormaltheorist 28 күн бұрын

@FeeOzymandias-qi5ot His disappearance added yet another legendary facet to an already unassailably cool show, didn't it?

@colinbarron4 Ай бұрын

Excellent film. I should add that there was a sort of sequel book called 'Field of Blood' also about Northern Ireland. The only character who returns is Inspector Rennie, now played by Timothy Dalton. A film was made of 'Field of Blood' but re-titled 'The IRA Informant.' It is available on DVD.

@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын

Fantastic series, loved it then and I'll enjoy it again now thanks again.

@irishganglandarchive4964 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hope you enjoy it again. I hadn't seen it since it was first broadcast myself

@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын

@@irishganglandarchive4964 👋

@gilesfarmer5953 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, but gritty production. Interesting to see that British commercial telly had it's first ads at a natural break at 23 min, if that were Australian commercial TV, the first ad break would be at 7 min, then every 6 mins, thus destroying all of the flow, tension and drama for the sake of selling future landfill.

@benisrood 11 ай бұрын

Objectively, it was a better time overall. I'd rather have a filthy Northern Line (or Bakerloo Line) and this world.

@simonh6371 8 күн бұрын

If that were ITV today - not that I've watched UK TV since 2009 - it would probably have the same ad breaks. Certainly when I last watched the first ad break in an hour long programme would come before a quarter of an hour had passed.

@sidensvans67 Ай бұрын

Wonderful television . Nothing comes close today .

@Sam_Green____4114 7 ай бұрын

Crikey l spent years looking for this !! missed it the first time around ! Parents weren't interested !! l got so fed up with not finding it l purchased it on DVD about 3 years ago !

@rogerhawkins6433 18 күн бұрын

Me too …. Precisely the same story! 😊

@rogerhawkins6433 18 күн бұрын

So … the chief of police retired to the village of Dibley after this terrible incident…..😅

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat Ай бұрын

Great TV - back when ITV made decent stuff. I love the theme song by Clannad. I still have this on DVD.

@spazthespasticcolonel1054 Ай бұрын

What a gem! Thanks for the upload. Saw it once, nearly 40 years ago, never forgot it.

@jameswburke 17 күн бұрын

A movie called The Foreigner (2017) is good too. It deals with a more recent situation. Well worth watching.

@haydoncooper3744 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this its been years since I have seen it.

@blainemullins6285 8 ай бұрын

Been waiting forever to see this series. Thank you.

@mistydelahay9255 Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of this series before but I'm very much enjoying it. Thank you

@Randito8879 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading the series. 👍👍👍

@user-bu4tn1ei7v 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this . Should not show my age . May have been six at the time but remember very well when this showed though cannot remember if it was BBC1 or ITV or Channel 4 cannot remember what happened forty two seconds ago let alone forty two years ago . What a beautiful series , excellent cast all favorites one of the best ever made .

@st4167 2 күн бұрын

How things have changed ! These days they can't even catch terrorists on the British main land ! To be honest I think it's sad ! Great historical archive !

@andicampbell8621 22 күн бұрын

Colonel Frost should know that you never salute an officer who`s not wearing a cap. But gripping TV all the same for us who remember it from 1st time around.

@TheRasiani 29 күн бұрын

I've never seem this anywhere in N.America on the 80s when I was a teenager - neither PBS or TVO [Ontario public TV] re-broadcast it. This is phenomenal television if you understand the times being depicted.

@davidhorsley2717 Ай бұрын

Not difficult to see how controversial this series was, featuring the murder a Government minister in broad daylight. It was only months before when Airey Neave and Lord Mountbatten had been murdered. You can understand why the authorities might have been anxious about this story line.

@cgarby Ай бұрын

Just got this as a rec. love it. Thanks !

@berwhaletheavenger 25 күн бұрын

As an aside, I owned the Rover 2600 police car (CYW) seen early on a couple of times - around 35 years ago.

@stuartjackson8091 9 ай бұрын

great theme music, mind watching this when I was a kid.

@michaelharrison3602 Ай бұрын

Since watching this the first first time round I've read every book Gerald Seymour wrote zThe best thriller and espionage writer in the country

@jamesmitchell8922 11 ай бұрын

The PAL master tape version was wiped by accident and therefore the NTSC version as seen here survives.

@jeffersonsmith1877 15 күн бұрын

Wow! This show is great! Thanks for sharing

@rikkic7000 12 күн бұрын

Childhood memories loved this show

@v.britton4445 Ай бұрын

Just found this ! Love Ray Lonnen.

@badgertheskinnycow 28 күн бұрын

Top tip - when going under cover on the Falls Road - don't take an Army suitcase.

@dexadrinepancake 25 күн бұрын

My father had one like that. Obviously from his demob kit.

@Campingwilder 24 күн бұрын

very popular saying back in the day.

@christosshugeh9573 21 күн бұрын

He was pretending to be merchant seaman, they had this type too. In a way it was a good ploy. Any of the IRA know it was a British issue suit case and anyone using one couldn't be a British agent, as they knew the score, and would know a agent wouldnt use one.Where as a supposedly returning seaman wouldn't bat an eyelid.

@libertinoradio4597 Жыл бұрын

Hairy work with an accent as wobbly as that. I'd always heard good things about this series but never saw it. Thank you for posting.

@colincharlton9339 9 ай бұрын

I actually read the book ...this is superb...shame that the tv series didn't last..( maggie reilly / mike oldfield) moonlight shadow, This along with the drama threads...outstanding

@paulmaryon9088 Ай бұрын

Brilliant thank you

@timsimms65707 27 күн бұрын

Thanks, this is a compelling program.

@HookBeak_66 Ай бұрын

This suddenly popped into my mind, watching this quality drama from Yorkshire Television. (My grandfather was a heating engineer for them). I seem to remember (unsure of date) when the IRA let off a grenade or something similar it was fired into the backyard of No.10 Downing Street, that certainly got the journalists typing like fury.

@stephensmith4480 29 күн бұрын

It was a Mortar attack in Feb 1991.

@HookBeak_66 29 күн бұрын

@@stephensmith4480 Thanks for the update.

@stephensmith4480 29 күн бұрын

@@HookBeak_66 👍👍

@CARLIN4737 4 ай бұрын

More like a play in parts. Very good indeed. enjoyed that.

@mikehanson7328 Ай бұрын

I have this on dvd....great TV

@chrisholland7367 Ай бұрын

I also have it on DVD absolutely brilliant.

@13699111 Ай бұрын

Excellent !!!

@abditus5842 15 күн бұрын

Left Belfast in 1968. Very real portrayal. Only thing that struck me was few Catholics were named Billy or Harry.

@redrebel0066 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this.

@raystewart6524 9 ай бұрын

Actually filmed in Leeds...Meanwood..

@davidandrews8963 6 күн бұрын

THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST SERIES EVER AND THE THEME SONG TOO THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW OUT OF TOUCH THE FEKIN SUITS ARE AND WHAT A DISASTER THE WHOLE IRISH CONFLICT WAS CAUSED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AS PER USUAL THE YANKS HAD VIETNAM THE UK NORTHERN IRELAND AS SOON AS POLITICIANS GET INVOLVED YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE AN ALMIGHTY FUCK UP AND NOW IN 2024 ITS STILL THE SAME THERE IS A QUIET STIRRING ACROSS THE IRISH SEA THE CONFLICT IS FAR FROM OVER THANKYOU FOR POSTING THIS I WAS 14 WHEN IT FIRST CAME AROUND AND I WATCHED IT BACK THEN TOO VERY DARK AND HARD HITTING BRILLIANTLY MADE CHEERS 🙏🌈♥️🇮🇹

@johnnunn8688 11 күн бұрын

Great stuff, thanks.

@maehay4065 24 күн бұрын

Love the music at the end of episode!

@MrWadstw 4 күн бұрын

38:57 Get in Black cab with 70,s British Army issued suitcase heading to the falls road = Legend !!!

@grahamcollins6872 28 күн бұрын

Great book great series. And the theme is brilliant by Clannad.

@seamus9750 14 күн бұрын

Often heard about this but never saw it....grew up in that hole !!

@stephensmith4480 29 күн бұрын

Brilliant. I watched it when it was first screened and managed to get a copy on Disc off ebay many years later which I still have. I have been past that BBC Building so many times. They opened a Weatherspoons right next to it, my missus is a Belfast Girl.

@zulubeatz1 6 күн бұрын

When did the decent stuff stop on TV ? It's something when you have to watch re-runs on KZfaq, but it speaks to the quality of these old dramas. I recognized the guy from 'The Long Good Friday' amongst others. These actors were very underappreciated, I think.

@michaelwhittaker5432 28 күн бұрын

The superb actor Ray Lonnen , would have made a great james Bond I reckon , if you like Harrys game look out for another T.V series from the same time staring Ray Lonnen as well its called the `Sand baggers` about the British Intelligence service ,just brilliant

@daveboon5992 Ай бұрын

Captain Nirac RIP 🙏🏻

@Simon-jj2pu Ай бұрын

My first thought when seeing this back in the day

@khiggins8733 Ай бұрын

Ray Lonnen who played Harry died in 2014 aged 74

@stephensmith4480 29 күн бұрын

@@Simon-jj2pu The Book about his life story is Amazing. He was an odd one, even as a young lad.

@climbtherainbow 25 күн бұрын

Nope. Read Sir Clive Fairweather's opinion of Nairac and his SOPS. Not very high.

@stephensmith4480 25 күн бұрын

@@climbtherainbow Nope what??

@davidparry1968 16 күн бұрын

An excellent adaptation of Gerald Seymour’s novel.

@algernonrene5430 6 күн бұрын

Absolute masterpiece from Yorkshire television harry game 1982 starring ray lonnon features the music of clannad who did the theme music al

@paulshaw2013 18 күн бұрын

A young Derek Thompson of Casualty fame as the assassin at the beginning.

@michaelwesterland1853 15 күн бұрын

Also in "The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins.

@astronomer77 11 күн бұрын

Saw it back in the day,4 channels and more quality shows, stories, actors, than the crap we see today.

@chelamcguire 26 күн бұрын

Brilliant.

@E-Kat 26 күн бұрын

I wonder if that Harry who has run away to the US will think it's about him!😂 Like when the audience were applauding the orchestra, he kept bowing, thinking it was for him and her!!! I hope everyone has seen this priceless footage! 🤣When I feel down, I watch this video of them looking around and up, to the gallery, waving to everyone as an acknowledgement of the ovation. I wonder, if these inconsequential pair were told, it wasn't for them?🤣

@arthurrafferty4102 5 күн бұрын

Remember it like yesterday.

@vivienneandersson6019 Ай бұрын

Thnks!!!!!!!!!

@rosedrop4959 Ай бұрын

❤❤1 of my favourites i liked ray

@CARLIN4737 Күн бұрын

2 Years after The Long Good Friday where Derek Thompson played Jeff alongside Harry or Harold played by the late great Bob Hoskins. Also played Charlie in casualty for 38 years?

@edwardking9989 Ай бұрын

I saw it when it came out first,and read the book,the other fabulous one was "the glory boys",from the same author.

@colinbarron4 Ай бұрын

That was also made into a TV film. I have the DVD.

@michaelharrison3602 Ай бұрын

Every book Seymour writes is a classic

@edgeyt1 17 күн бұрын

Wish the ads had been left in.

@pudsrus2 Ай бұрын

I worked in a factory in Liverpool,in the mid 80’s,one of my best mates there said there was an I.R.A bag man living next to him,he had no clue untill the bizzies said “Didn’t any of your family notice he left with one bag and came back with two”😳😳😳Scary times them.

@andrewhoward7200 Ай бұрын

What are bizzies. And what's the significance of the two bags.

@pudsrus2 Ай бұрын

@@andrewhoward7200 Police,and if you go for a weekend away you come back with the same ammount of bags/luggage usually.Are you really that slow,or just get up early and practice?

@stephensmith4480 29 күн бұрын

@@pudsrus2 Liverpool was a hotbed of sectarianism back in the day so I can well imagine it mate.

@simonh6371 8 күн бұрын

@@pudsrus2 Ah don't be so hard on him, probably a millenial or zoomer, they have no idea about all this.

@lesleymcshanemitchell9651 Ай бұрын

Went to Belfast last year How different from 6years ago. ALMOST C. Cosmopoliton

@stephensmith4480 29 күн бұрын

I spent best part of 20 Years there, the place has changed beyond all recognition 👍👍

@johnbull1568 22 күн бұрын

I visited with my mum and stepdad in 1984, it was grim as hell there. All I really remember about the city was a giant wall dozens of feet high, and my stepdad said it was a police station (no idea if that was true). Another thing I recall is that my mum had been nagging my stepdad to get our living room ceiling artexed. He was a builder, and told her that he wasn't going to artex it because it will crack eventually. Anyway, we get to our bed and breakfast in Belfast, and the ceiling is artexed, with absolutely gigantic cracks all across it. My mum says 'I see what you mean about artex cracking, I guess we won't bother'. My stepdad nodded sagely, but didn't tell her until much later that those particular cracks were from the building next door getting blown up some time previously. Also, when we travelled across the border into Republic of Ireland, it was night-time out in the country. We got to the checkpoint, and there was a sign saying something like 'when light is red, turn off headlights and engine. When green, approach slowly'. The light was red, so my stepdad turned off the lights and engine, and we sat there waiting. Eventually the light turned green, so he started the car up, turned the lights on, and started advancing slowly. The checkpoint was about 100m away, and by the time we crawled there, the whole place went mental. We could see a soldier manning a machine gun atop this makeshift post, pointing it right at us, and 2 soldiers ran right up to the car windows with their rifles levelled at us, screaming to put our hands up, and another soldier manning a spotlight was pointing it right at us. One soldier is screaming at my stepdad, demanding to know why he put the headlights on, and he told them that's what he normally does and the sign didn't say anything about not putting the lights back on. Anyway, the soldiers realised we were not a threat and chilled out. We sat there for a while chatting to them, and 2 of them were from my home city. One of them peered into the back of the car where I was sitting and asked 'are you alright son'?, and I replied 'I think I lost my b-b-b-ottle', I was terrified lol. They also explained that the evening before a French tourist had done the exact same thing but had not stopped, and his brand new Renault got lit up. Thankfully he wasn't injured. It's mental to think that ppl lived with this every day not so long ago.

@newtronix 18 күн бұрын

Five minutes from baker street to Watford!

@michaelodonnell6078 16 күн бұрын

More like half an hour than 5 minutes I would guess.

@robertknight5429 27 күн бұрын

Remember this well. I think I can deffo spot the bits that were censored at the time!

@climbtherainbow 25 күн бұрын

I can't. I remember watching it when it was first aired, and this is exactly as I remember the original showing.

@Simon-jj2pu Ай бұрын

Ended up being a Charge Nurse in Casualty

@millwallholdings 25 күн бұрын

And in The Long Good friday Hoskins ended up killing him

@wexfordgirl1 2 күн бұрын

Does anyone have The Price? Channel 4 1985/6 starring Derek Thompson (Charley from Casually again) and Harriet Walter about an IRA kidnap plot. I remember it from the time being excellent. Love to see it again.

@FRM101 21 күн бұрын

In case you missed it, his name's Billy.

@user-tn9ji7ou1j 21 күн бұрын

Read the book by Gerald Seymour.

@edwardking9989 Ай бұрын

I wish the glory boys,were made into a British dvd,it's available in America but not UK.

@colinbarron4 Ай бұрын

I have it on DVD but it is a free DVD that came with The Daily Mail many years ago.

@alanburke1893 20 күн бұрын

Who knew that the infamous Glenn from 'Nighty Night' erstwhile lover of Julia Davies had previously been a senior operative in the PIRA 😮

@Peter-gv2gn 4 күн бұрын

Top Top notch drama, we will never see the like again, the new kids on the block have come up with endless rubbish.

@chrisholland7367 Ай бұрын

Derek Thompson IRA gunman and senior nurse Charlie Farehead in Casualty. Great drama at the height the 'Troubles '

@andclose1133 3 күн бұрын

Back when T.V was T.V....like, onestly well worth watching telly was back then..… things like.. Minder, The bill, The professionals, An so on.....

@bhante1345 2 ай бұрын

12:00 Correction: "What about ye?"

@michaelfraser5723 6 күн бұрын

Unrealistic, but a super fun drama

@pgs1796 27 күн бұрын

I only seen the series once as broadcast. Its very good but knowing as a do its ending I don't care to watch again.

@seanjoseph8637 18 күн бұрын

The book's good as well.

@Harbourmaster68 29 күн бұрын

Why do you call it “uncensored?”

@maryearll3359 26 күн бұрын

@Harbournmaster68. At a rough guessing was cencored.for the times portrayed. Watch all 3 3pisodes and I think you might just get it.

@zulu1184 28 күн бұрын

I really wanted to enjoy this - but KZfaq adverts every 2.5 minutes. FFS...

@elliottg.1954 Ай бұрын

Watched this on tour in L/Derry Waterside when it was broadcast, and didn't realise how bad it is. At 38:26 he's carrying an army suitcase and then gets into a Black Taxi. Incredibly stupid error by the programme makers, and the first thing the boys and girls mentioned next day. And at 38:57, we weren't that unprofessional at checkpoints. Not a bad TV effort, close but no cigar.

@hrafnofthule5962 25 күн бұрын

Hello from culmore 😂