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All Things Bright and Beautiful (Original title)
Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 16 March 1994 (Television)

Countries: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland

Directed by: Barry Devlin

Production company billing: ©1994. BBC Northern Ireland BBC Films presents in association with Bord Scannàn na hÉireann and RTE a Good Film Company production [end] Developed with the support of the European Script Fund, an initiative of the MEDIA programme of the European Community This film was produced with the assistance of Bord Scannàn na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board Produced in Ireland for the BBC by Hilltown Limited for the Good Film Company In Colour Dolby Stereo SR
Synopsis: Drama set in 1954 about 10-year-old Barry O'Neill, an altar boy who one day finds an IRA man hidden in a barn. Believing the man is in fact Barrabas, the biblical criminal, Barry later claims the Virgin Mary speaks to him in church.

Genre:
Drama

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 16 March 1994Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:30Runtime: 90 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Dolby / Stereo

Credits (55)
©: BBC Northern Ireland, Production Company: The Good Film Company, Production Company: Hilltown Limited, Presents: BBC Films, Presented in association with: Bord Scannán na hÉireann, RTE, Developed with the support of: European Script Fund, This film was produced with the assistance of: Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, Executive Producer: Robert Cooper, Executive Producer: Paul McGuinness, Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Producer: Katy Mcguinness, Line Producer: Donna Grey, Associate Producer: Michael Garland, Production Co-ordinator: Yvonne Mcdonald, Production Accountant: Paul Fennelly, Location Manager: Des Martin, Post-production Supervisor: Winston McCartney, 2nd Assistant Director: Cliff Lanning, 3rd Assistant Director: Tracy O'Connor, Script Supervisor: Rosaline Kane, Casting Director: John Hubbard, Ros Hubbard, Casting Assistant: Lisa-Anne Porter, Written by: Barry Devlin, Director of Photography: Declan Quinn, Focus Puller: Simon Richards, Clapper Loader: Nicko Cummins, Gaffer: Noel Cullen, Grip: Richard Broom, Stills Photographer: Simon Mein, Additional Stills: Alex Bailey, Editor: Maurice Healy, Assistant Editor: Dermot Diskin, Production Designer: Grant Hicks, Supervising Art Director: Eddy Andres, Art Director: Karen Wakefield, Set Decorator: Josie Mcavin, Property Master: Gordon Fitzgerald, Props Buyer: Sunny Mulligan, Construction Manager: Ross Balfour, Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming, Chief Make-up/Hair: Christine Blundell, Titles Design: William Finney, Originated on: Eastman Color Film from Kodak, Music Co-ordinator: Jim Lockart, Sound Recordist: Godfrey Kirby, Boom Operator: Paul Alan Filby, Dubbing Mixer: Keith Marriner, Digital Sound Editor: Chris Graver, Foley Artist: Dianne Greaves, Jack Stew, Armourer: John McKenna, Unit Publicist: Corbett and Keene
Cast (37)
Tom Wilkinson (Father McAteer), Kevin McNally (Tommy O'Neill), Gabrielle Reidy (Maeve O'Neill), Lorraine Pilkington (Eileen O'Neill), Ciarán Fitzgerald (Barry O'Neill), Gabriel Byrne (the good thief), Conall Toland (Francie), John-Joe Hartigan (Charlie), Paddy Scully (barber), Kevin Mcgilloway (Phelim), Caoileann Mcenhill (Sarah O'Neill), Barbara Adair (Miss McKeown), Marie Jones (Ellie Coyle), Christine Mcgonagle (Rosie), Marie Ward (Gretta), Dearbhaile O'Reilly (Bridgie), Frances Quinn (Miss Rocks), Robert Taylor ('B' special sergeant), Ruairi Conaghan ('B' special), Jimmy Keogh (Tarry Coyle), Lalor Roddy (Pat Joe Coyle), Gabriel Brady (1st man in pub), Seamus Ball (labourer), Brendan Cauldwell (fisherman), Karl O'Neil (Big Jack), Phil Kelly (man at grotto), Paul Devlin, Jack Devlin, Kate Devlin (children at door), Jean Costello (woman with sick child), George Shane (cardinal's secretary), Garrett Keogh (religious inspector), Sean Rafferty (Father Sheridan), John Keegan (Father Donnelly), Pat Leavy (woman at grotto), Dave Carey (medical attendant 1), Gerry Sullivan (medical attendant 2)