True North - Season 13

True North - Season 13

Season 13

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Episodes25
DatesSep 10, 2019 - May 4, 2020
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Episodes

Real Life Superheroes
Season 13Episode 130 min

Real Life Superheroes

Self-confessed nerd Ed Byrne lands in Northern Ireland to discover a dedicated community of people who enjoy comic books and movies so much they transform themselves into superheroes for fun.
Sep 10, 2019
Strippograms - Bras, Baby Oil and Balaclavas
Season 13Episode 230 min

Strippograms - Bras, Baby Oil and Balaclavas

Revealing documentary following a Belfast strippogram agency and its performers – including their most popular act, Balaclava Woman.
Sep 16, 2019
The Power of Parkrun
Season 13Episode 330 min

The Power of Parkrun

Dame Kelly Holmes explores the rise of parkrun and the mental health benefits of running, in the build-up to the launch of a new run in Northern Ireland.
Sep 23, 2019
The Last Rabbit Catcher
Season 13Episode 430 min

The Last Rabbit Catcher

Steven McGonigal has abandoned a career in the world of finance to pursue a childhood ambition - to become a professional rabbit catcher.
Sep 30, 2019
The Slim Club
Season 13Episode 530 min

The Slim Club

An intimate glimpse into an East Belfast weight-loss class and the lives of a group of people determined to shed a few pounds.
Oct 7, 2019
The Dementia-Friendly Barber
Season 13Episode 630 min

The Dementia-Friendly Barber

Is dementia the end? Or can life still be worth living? Bangor barber Lenny White cuts the hair of men with dementia and offers them his unique form of therapy.
Oct 14, 2019
The Last Showmen
Season 13Episode 730 min

The Last Showmen

The Cullen family have been bringing all the fun of the fair to people's doorsteps since 1860. True North looks at this unique way of life and explores whether it is in danger of becoming extinct or if the next generation of Cullens can keep the family tradition alive.
Oct 22, 2019
Hell or High Water
Season 13Episode 830 min

Hell or High Water

Sixty-year-old Shirley sets out on an epic journey to row 3,000 miles unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean while her sister, Evelyn, battles a rare incurable cancer back home in Northern Ireland.
Oct 28, 2019
Cherrie, Me and HIV
Season 13Episode 930 min

Cherrie, Me and HIV

Documentary about living with HIV in Northern Ireland through the experience of Matthew and his drag queen persona Cherrie Ontop. Have attitudes changed and is a cure on the cards?
Nov 4, 2019
Shankill by the Sea
Season 13Episode 1030 min

Shankill by the Sea

An intimate portrait of caravan life on the Ards Peninsula, telling the personal stories of those who leave their problems behind in the city and flock to their home from home by the seaside.
Jan 6, 2020
Lagan Dragons
Season 13Episode 1130 min

Lagan Dragons

True North: Lagan Dragons tells the personal stories behind the women who paddle their way to health after having had breast cancer.
Jan 13, 2020
Big Night at the Bingo
Season 13Episode 1230 min

Big Night at the Bingo

The women in a Belfast bingo hall hope their final number will come up and land them the big win. And with prize money in four figures, tonight the house is going to be a full!
Jan 20, 2020
Saving Face
Season 13Episode 1330 min

Saving Face

Janine Howard prepares to fulfil her dream of getting married. Her life has been a struggle as one side of her face has been disfigured by a flesh-eating bacterial infection. After suffering frequent verbal insults, does she feel that beauty is only skin deep?
Jan 27, 2020
Soul Singers
Season 13Episode 1430 min

Soul Singers

Soul Singers follows the journey of members of the Belfast Community Gospel Choir as they prepare for their annual winter concert, exploring choir members' stories.
Feb 5, 2020
The Formal
Season 13Episode 1530 min

The Formal

From big hairdos to online dress disasters, lavish limos to mahogany spray-on tans, the school prom has become an essential and expensive rite of passage for teenagers in Northern Ireland. How far will teens go to achieve the perfect evening? And who will be their dream date?
Feb 12, 2020
Born to Riverdance
Season 13Episode 1630 min

Born to Riverdance

Amy-Mae Dolan lives and breathes Irish dancing but has she got what it takes to be the female lead in a special 25th anniversary performance of hit show Riverdance?

May 4, 2020
The Powerlifting Granny
Season 13Episode 1710 min

The Powerlifting Granny

Although Libby only took up powerlifting as a hobby two years before competing, she has won medals for Northern Ireland and Team GB at Commonwealth, European and world level.

May 4, 2020

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