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The BelTel

The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Miscarriage of justice: The story of the Birmingham Six

21 mins; November 15, 2022

The ‘cost-of-living crisis,’ what is it, who caused it, and how will affect you?

23 mins; November 13, 2022

New Belfast drug gangs emerge after old guard's secret gangster phones hacked by French spies

25 mins; November 10, 2022

Lord Mountbatten: Allegations of abuse made against King Charles' mentor

17 mins; November 08, 2022

The Death Investigator- "Everyone who has children in NI should be worried about this!"

25 mins; November 06, 2022

"The Belfast agreement was not as good as what was already offered in 1973"- Dermot Nesbitt discusses the past, present and future of unionism

31 mins; November 04, 2022

Allison Morris reports on Loyalism’s sense of betrayal seeing support for peace ‘waning’

27 mins; November 01, 2022

Would the Republic vote for a United Ireland?

27 mins; October 30, 2022

Downing Street's 60 days of chaos!

21 mins; October 27, 2022

Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald, new book says she's a 'Republican Riddle'

35 mins; October 25, 2022

‘The Big Man’ - Suzanne Breen profiles Ian Paisley, from rabble rouser to ‘Chuckle Brother’

28 mins; October 23, 2022

'Feis fixing': Irish dancing embroiled in cheating allegations

21 mins; October 20, 2022

Who killed the judge's daughter?: The murder of Patricia Curran and why her family was not properly investigated (Part 2)

25 mins; October 18, 2022

Who killed the judge's daughter?: The murder of Patricia Curran and how an innocent man was stitched up for it (Part 1)

27 mins; October 16, 2022

'Mad Dog' (Part 2): Bloody loyalist feuds and the banishment of Johnny Adair

26 mins; October 13, 2022

'Mad Dog' (Part 1): The rise of Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair and the UDA’s C-Company

23 mins; October 11, 2022

West Belfast’s ‘Marbella’ drugs crew being decimated by ‘professional’ hitman

25 mins; October 09, 2022

Carrickfergus, the seaside town in the grip of the UDA and UVF

25 mins; October 06, 2022

Alex Kane on where ‘despondent’ unionism goes now

24 mins; October 04, 2022

Whitey Bulger and me – John Crawley on his life as an IRA gunrunner

22 mins; October 02, 2022

Do we need to dump comforts and capitalism to solve the climate crisis?

20 mins; September 29, 2022

NI has held a United Ireland border poll before, here’s what happened

23 mins; September 27, 2022

Madeleine McCann — The little girl lost in time and 15 years of heartbreak

24 mins; September 25, 2022

Ready, Steady, Census.... Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland

28 mins; September 22, 2022

Nurses warn hospitals aren’t safe for patients as strikes loom

33 mins; September 21, 2022

Eamonn McCann: Protestants coming round to the idea of a United Ireland is ‘magical thinking’

30 mins; September 19, 2022

The Spence family tragedy ten years on, Nevin’s rugby legacy and what might have been

16 mins; September 14, 2022

Covid-19, was the lockdown necessary and have we dropped our guard too soon?

22 mins; September 12, 2022

Joe Brolly: In the GAA, we treat referees like s**t. It’s a toxic culture that must change

17 mins; September 12, 2022

Northern Ireland reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II

24 mins; September 09, 2022

The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson

23 mins; September 07, 2022

UN Expert - ‘Climate change will lead to war’

29 mins; September 05, 2022

Sean Quinn, the €100,000 wedding cake, and the right to be forgotten

22 mins; September 01, 2022

Scottish Independence would be a ‘shock’ for Northern Ireland unionists

24 mins; August 31, 2022

Princess Diana: The impact of her death and what she was really like

28 mins; August 29, 2022

Hazel Stewart: The mind of one of Northern Ireland’s most notorious female killers

24 mins; August 24, 2022

What happened to Lisa Dorrian?

28 mins; August 22, 2022

Who shot Michael Collins?

20 mins; August 22, 2022

‘Mucky Marty’ – Who is Northern Ireland’s most prolific pimp?

24 mins; August 17, 2022

Shot and left for dead: Northern Ireland man who was tortured and shot while his wife was murdered tells his story

23 mins; August 15, 2022

'King Rat' (Part 2)- Murdered in prison - How the INLA killed Billy Wright

23 mins; August 10, 2022

‘King Rat’ (Part 1)- Billy Wright’s rise as a loyalist icon and LVF chief

24 mins; August 08, 2022

The BelTel: The Kidnapping Of Shergar - Ireland's most famous missing racehorse

36 mins; August 05, 2022

Kidnapped- "It was the most terrifying face I've ever seen!"

23 mins; August 03, 2022

Sectarianism - "It is getting worse!"

26 mins; August 01, 2022

From RUC Stings To Street Parades - The Story Of Belfast Pride

22 mins; July 28, 2022

From Vanguard to Nobel Peace Prize – the life of David Trimble

24 mins; July 26, 2022

Barrys to Curry's - the story of the takeover that saved summer

22 mins; July 25, 2022

Bonus Episode: Union leader ‘struggling’ to see how the NI Protocol Bill will improve life for farmers

35 mins; July 22, 2022

Bloody Friday, the IRA's blitz of Belfast

25 mins; July 20, 2022

FBI’s Most Wanted - The Bulgarian Cryptoqueen, a $4bn scam, and her Irish connections.

21 mins; July 18, 2022

Voter fraud, bombs and bullets, from the Armalite to the ballot box, the reality of NI elections

23 mins; July 13, 2022

The Orange Order and the Twelfth, how did it come about?

26 mins; July 10, 2022

From Trinity College to leader of Sinn Féin – the making of Mary Lou McDonald

25 mins; July 06, 2022

Scappaticci, IRA executioner and British agent, Stakeknife

24 mins; July 05, 2022

IRA Heist - the mystery of the Northern Bank robbery

27 mins; June 29, 2022

LIV Golf, the Saudi Government and Sportwashing

22 mins; June 27, 2022

SPECIAL: Northern Ireland’s finest hour, Spain ’82

30 mins; June 24, 2022

Could Donald Trump end up in jail?

25 mins; June 23, 2022

The murder of Lyra McKee and the New IRA in Derry

22 mins; June 20, 2022

Bonus Episode: Sam McBride interviews Maroš Šefčovič.

34 mins; June 16, 2022

The UDA - why does it still exist?

24 mins; June 15, 2022

Northern Ireland’s other disappeared, women murdered by men and secretly buried

23 mins; June 13, 2022

Bonus episode: Why do so many of us love Love Island?

22 mins; June 10, 2022

'Vladimir Putin has turned Russia into a totalitarian state'

22 mins; June 08, 2022

The Castlereagh Break-in – how the IRA did it and what they took

19 mins; June 07, 2022

Airport Chaos: How to get your money back when a flight is cancelled

22 mins; June 01, 2022

PSNI: Beaten, attacked with bricks and shot at!

22 mins; May 30, 2022

Ian McElhinney: Star Wars actor and Derry Girls' Granda Joe talks history and spin-offs

25 mins; May 25, 2022

The story of Ballymena’s Green Pastures mega church and its pastor, Jeff Wright

23 mins; May 23, 2022

Derry Girls, laughs, nostalgia, and a roaring success for Northern Ireland

24 mins; May 18, 2022

Cash or reform – what does Northern Ireland’s NHS need most?

21 mins; May 16, 2022

What exactly is the Northern Ireland Protocol?

23 mins; May 11, 2022

Northern Ireland’s politics have changed so what happens next?

25 mins; May 09, 2022

How MI5 agent Dennis McFadden crippled the New IRA

21 mins; May 05, 2022

Northern Ireland’s key political battles with Suzanne Breen

23 mins; May 03, 2022

Denis Donaldson, the British agent at the heart of the IRA and Sinn Féin

21 mins; April 28, 2022

Vindicated: The whistleblower vet who took on the government and won

24 mins; April 27, 2022

The BelTel - Introduction

35 secs; April 21, 2022

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