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Life after Life (Original title)
Date: 02 April 1995 (Television)

Countries: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Director: Tim Fywell

Synopsis: Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon finds that the ceasefire has robbed him of both purpose and identity. Relationships with his family are difficult and reach boiling point when they find that he has rekindled his affair with a former fiancee Roisin, now married with three children.

Series title:
Screen Two
TV Transmissions
Date: 02 April 1995Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:25Runtime: 85 mins Network

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Digital materials(1)
Description: MOVDuration: 80.38 minutesTX date: 1995-04-02BFI identifier: N-10020044
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(3)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 80.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1995-04-02BFI identifier: C-815115
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 80.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1374445
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape


Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376132
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape