The BelTel
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EXTRA: The extraordinary life of Stephen Grimason, the journalist and top Stormont Spin doctor who broke news of Good Friday Agreement
40 mins; May 04, 2024
BelTel Sport: Linfield and Cliftonville set to face off in tense Irish Cup Final
27 mins; May 02, 2024
Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike (Part Three): Who really won?
30 mins; April 30, 2024
Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike (Part Two): The loyalist ‘revolt’
32 mins; April 29, 2024
Sunningdale and the Ulster Workers Strike: The forgotten power-sharing ‘experiment’
31 mins; April 28, 2024
Warrenpoint-based Michael O’Loughlin breaks gangster code by admitting crimes
17 mins; April 25, 2024
Jeffrey Donaldson in court over historical sex offences
13 mins; April 24, 2024
Col Tim Collins ruffles Alliance feathers, Irish signs ‘traumatise’
24 mins; April 23, 2024
Newtownards Falklands and Troubles veteran on the reality of war
21 mins; April 21, 2024
Michael Stone: The life and crimes of the notorious loyalist gunman
30 mins; April 18, 2024
Suzanne Breen on Jeffrey Donaldson’s potential replacement in Lagan Valley
28 mins; April 16, 2024
Middle East on the brink after Iran's unprecedented revenge attack on Israel
22 mins; April 15, 2024
The Kew Files: Sam McBride on the secret papers on Peter Robinson, Ulster Resistance and Emma Little-Pengelly's father
25 mins; April 14, 2024
The Kew Files: Sam McBride and the secret files on Martin McGuinness, the IRA and SDLP
24 mins; April 11, 2024
A United Ireland: Inevitable or a fantasy?
28 mins; April 09, 2024
Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna: From killing Lenny Murphy for the IRA to IPLO feuds
20 mins; April 07, 2024
Private Investigator: Ian Withers on tracking the IRA, informing for the Seychelles government and murder allegations
28 mins; April 04, 2024
Sam McBride and Allison Morris on Jeffrey Donaldson’s arrest and what it means for the DUP
30 mins; April 02, 2024
Best of the BelTel: James Mitchell, the Butcher of Glenanne
24 mins; March 31, 2024
Jeffrey Donaldson resigns as DUP leader after being charged with historical sex offences
13 mins; March 29, 2024
Ian Hurst: The Army ‘spook’ who exposed Scappaticci and accuses McGuinness
31 mins; March 28, 2024
Simon Harris and NI, Sinn Féin heckled left and right
23 mins; March 26, 2024
Megan McAlorum: Murderer of west Belfast teen dies in road crash
19 mins; March 24, 2024
Pat McArt: Derry, the Troubles and Martin McGuinness
33 mins; March 22, 2024
Pearse McCauley: The life and crimes of the IRA garda killer and wife beater
19 mins; March 21, 2024
Sam McBride's week in politics: TUV, Reform, Gaza and Biden
31 mins; March 19, 2024
Millionaire heiress to IRA mastermind - Rose Dugdale, the renegade debutante
21 mins; March 19, 2024
Is Ukraine losing the war, and how far will Russia go?
22 mins; March 17, 2024
Red Army Faction member captured after 30 years, who were the terror gang?
18 mins; March 16, 2024
Eamonn Mallie: ‘Eyewitness to War and Peace’
29 mins; March 14, 2024
Sam McBride: What will PM Starmer mean for NI and a border poll?
26 mins; March 12, 2024
Britain’s worst mass murders – what drove the killers?
26 mins; March 10, 2024
Oscar drama: The scandals, snubs and controversies that shook Hollywood
23 mins; March 09, 2024
OnlyFans: NI 'pornstar' defends her work - but is it empowerment or exploitation?
24 mins; March 07, 2024
Alliance Party members begin to lean towards Irish unity
28 mins; March 05, 2024
Allison Morris: Antrim ATM raiders jailed – but where’s the money?
17 mins; March 03, 2024
How BDSM fetish chatroom led to mass murder in Fermanagh
22 mins; February 29, 2024
Allison Morris: Supergrass Haggarty's evidence 'unreliable' as UVF man not guilty of Convie & Fox murders
13 mins; February 29, 2024
Casement Park: Will stadium controversy poison atmosphere at Stormont?
28 mins; February 27, 2024
Davy Tweed: Stepdaughter on life with former Ireland rugby player and ‘violent paedophile’
24 mins; February 25, 2024
Conor Bradley: How the young Tyrone man took Liverpool and the Premier League by storm
23 mins; February 23, 2024
That Girls' night in the Devenish: Pleasure Boys shock, but some think it's just 'a bit of fun'
21 mins; February 22, 2024
BelTel LucidTalk poll: Is there now support for a united Ireland?
38 mins; February 20, 2024
Texas and 'civil war': The Russian disinformation campaign stoking division in the US
25 mins; February 19, 2024
Life beyond Earth and UFOs: What does the ‘evidence’ tell us?
26 mins; February 18, 2024
BelTel politics: Where’s Stormont going to get the cash from?
29 mins; February 15, 2024
'I spoke to Ian Bailey the day before he died' - The expert who questions his guilt
24 mins; February 14, 2024
McGladdery: The last man hung in Northern Ireland for the vicious murder of Pearl Gamble
27 mins; February 10, 2024
Ireland and Palestine: Will Sinn Féin skip the annual White House Visit?
22 mins; February 09, 2024
East Belfast UVF: PSNI cocaine crackdown brings down gang
23 mins; February 08, 2024
Stormont Return: Sam McBride and David McCann on how’s it going
36 mins; February 06, 2024
RAF Chinook crash: The Mull of Kintyre tragedy
23 mins; February 04, 2024
"I never had any doubt that Ian Bailey killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier"
31 mins; February 02, 2024
Sir Jeffrey strikes a bargain: What’s in the DUP’s new deal?
21 mins; February 01, 2024
DUP return to Stormont: Who is Jamie Bryson’s ‘mole’?
22 mins; January 30, 2024
Kneecap: Critics rave over film but unionists rage over its funding
25 mins; January 28, 2024
Sinn Féin: Where does the party stand on immigration?
18 mins; January 26, 2024
DUP Update: Sir Jeffrey throws down the gauntlet
30 mins; January 25, 2024
Europe 2024: What's lies ahead for the EU with Donald Trump on the horizon?
26 mins; January 23, 2024
Margaret Perry and the IRA’s execution of her alleged murderer
29 mins; January 21, 2024
Rose Dugdale: The English millionaire debutante who joined the IRA
21 mins; January 18, 2024
The United Nations: Why is it so powerless as wars continue to rage?
29 mins; January 16, 2024
General Sir Frank Kitson: The legacy of the British officer most associated with the Troubles
29 mins; January 14, 2024
The Foundlings: Three siblings abandoned alone search for fourth ‘foundling’
27 mins; January 11, 2024
Kevin Conway: ‘Firm’ member slain in west Belfast gangland murder
14 mins; January 10, 2024
Post Office scandal: “They knew what was going on”
28 mins; January 09, 2024
The Persuader: Sam McBride and Stephen Walker on John Hume
41 mins; January 07, 2024
Best of the Beltel: Colm Murphy, the veteran republican found liable for Omagh Bombing
27 mins; January 04, 2024
Best of the BelTel: How romance monster Phillip O'Shea went from online catfisher to real life stalker – and how he got caught (Part 2)
20 mins; January 02, 2024
Best of the BelTel: Romance monster catfisher threatens dozens of women – just for kicks (Part 1)
20 mins; December 31, 2023
Best of the BelTel: The 'living hell' of winning the Lottery
24 mins; December 28, 2023
Best of the BelTel: The life and crimes of Ballymena’s 'Cocaine King' Noel Johnston
24 mins; December 26, 2023
Best of the BelTel: John DeLorean, the man who brought the future back to Belfast
24 mins; December 24, 2023
Best of the BelTel: ‘How a cult brainwashed me, and how I escaped’
26 mins; December 21, 2023
Best of the BelTel: Gerard Mackin, the Belfast-born Kinahan enforcer the criminal underworld fears
26 mins; December 19, 2023
Stalkers, sexism and Santa: Could Christmas movies like Love Actually be made today?
20 mins; December 18, 2023
‘Winkie’ Rea: The loyalist leader who led the Red Hand Commando
24 mins; December 17, 2023
Israeli ambassador says “absolutely no” to Palestinian statehood
22 mins; December 14, 2023
Alexei Navalny: Imprisoned but still Putin's greatest opponent
23 mins; December 13, 2023
Sam McBride: 'Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has struck a deal’
27 mins; December 12, 2023
Elon Musk: Who is the world’s wealthiest man?
25 mins; December 10, 2023
Alan Scott: Ex-North Coleraine pastor under fire for alleged ‘spiritual abuse’
22 mins; December 07, 2023
Gunned down: The IRA murder of the lawyer Edgar Graham (Part 2)
31 mins; December 05, 2023
Gunned down: The IRA murder of the lawyer Edgar Graham (part one)
31 mins; December 03, 2023
The other IRA: The Story of the Officials and The Workers’ Party
34 mins; November 30, 2023
Shane MacGowan: London-Irish punk, performer and poet
28 mins; November 30, 2023
Robin ‘the Jackal’ Jackson and the murders of Tullylish
25 mins; November 28, 2023
Longford double murder: Mysterious case linked to loyalists
21 mins; November 27, 2023
Joris Minne: The recipe behind restaurant reviews revealed
35 mins; November 26, 2023
Dublin riots: what happens next in Ireland's capital after night of anarchy?
22 mins; November 24, 2023
East Belfast UVF: Ciaran Barnes reports the latest on the drug dealer purge
20 mins; November 23, 2023
The British Army's Troubles tactics: Sam McBride interviews expert Huw Bennett
46 mins; November 21, 2023
BelTel Sport: Linfield’s historic return to Solitude
25 mins; November 19, 2023
UVF ‘clean-up’: Allison Morris on East Belfast battalion’s ‘stand down orders’
27 mins; November 16, 2023
Rishi Sunak ‘reshuffles’ the deck, dumps Suella and brings back Brexit-Dave
20 mins; November 14, 2023
Authoritarianism: what is it, why are people attracted to it, and why is it on the march?
28 mins; November 12, 2023
Mother, monster, killer: Who is the real Molly Martens?
31 mins; November 11, 2023
Sam McBride interviews Michael Cameron, former top NIO official, playwright and spouse to a DUP MLA
36 mins; November 11, 2023
Sam McBride interviews Michael Cameron, former top NIO official, playwright and spouse to a DUP MLA
36 mins; November 09, 2023
The Ashling Murphy trial: how Jozef Puska tried to get away with murder
34 mins; November 09, 2023