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Clips from the 1990s added to Rewind

Online Niel November 4, 2024

BBC A black and white image of Broadcasting House in Belfast, taken in 1945. Shows the building from the front. There are windows right across the building on six different levels. There are seven flags on the roof. — Broadcasting House photographed in 1945

Some of the earliest TV appearances of comedian Patrick Kielty and golfer Darren Clarke are included in BBC videos from the early 1990s, which are now available to watch online.

Pictures of the first shoppers from the opening of the Castlecourt and Foyleside centers can also be viewed now.

More than 9,000 new videos from the 1990s have been added to the dedicated video BBC Northern Ireland Rewind website.

Derry GAA fans can relive the county’s 1993 All-Ireland football win, while Rathlin Islanders can watch the opening of the first Housing Executive properties in 1994.

Pictures of the first shoppers from the opening of Castlecourt Shopping Center can also be viewed now

Patrick Kielty features in a news report about a new comedy club in Belfast, while a fresh Darren Clarke discusses the start of his golf career on the European Tour in 1991.

The new videos cover the period before and after the IRA and the loyalist ceasefire in 1994.

Paddy Kielty holding a silver microphone, wearing a navy top and gold necklace — County Down comedian Patrick Kielty

They cover political landmarks and also social history, including Northern Ireland’s first female train driver, Ruth Davies, who started in 1990.

The opening of the Indiana Land children’s play area in Dundonald is also featured, as is the opening of a new Great Victoria Street station in central Belfast.

Darran Clarke talks to the BBC early in his career in 1991

Darren Clarke stands in front of a tree by a lake. He wears a red rugby shirt with a white collar. — Darran Clarke talks to the BBC early in his career in 1991

Three decades later, she recently closed to make way for the new £340m transport hub at Grand Central Station.

The Rewind site already has images from the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

The new videos cover 1990 to 1996, when BBC Newsline replaced Inside Ulster as the main evening news programme.

Ruth Davies, Northern Ireland’s first female train conductor

Train conductor Ruth Davies leans out of a yellow box with a silver whistle in hand. He wears a black suit jacket and a white shirt. Next to her sits a bald man in a black and white suit, wearing glasses — Ruth Davies, Northern Ireland’s first female train conductor

Over 30,000 videos now available

Ciaran Daly, content and partnerships editor at BBC Archives, said the new program clips are a significant addition to the existing archive.

“It now includes over 30,000 videos – all of which are available for free viewinghe said.

“Work on this project has been completed as part of wider activities to mark the centenary of BBC services in Northern Ireland.”

Security at the new Castlecourt shopping centre

A police officer in a dark green uniform watches with his back to the camera as a clown in a blazer and tartan jacket holds a newspaper at the entrance to a shopping mall. — Security at the new Castlecourt shopping centre

Visitors to BBC Rewind are able to search for archive footage from their local area.

It is 100 years since the first BBC broadcast from Northern Ireland.

In 1924, the first voice heard on the airwaves in Belfast was Tyrone Guthrie, who went on to enjoy an international career in theater as well as broadcasting.

The first transmitter in Belfast was located in the east of the city on East Bridge Street, opposite what is now Lanyon Place railway station.