There are plot twists galore, big laughs, big explosions and a gallery of wonderfully colourful supporting characters Imagine if the Derry Girls were Belfast girls in their late 30s and found themselves having to solve an eerie mystery involving the death of a former friend. That's a reasonable, bare-bones description of Lisa McGee's sparkling comedy-thriller How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (Netflix, from Thursday, February 12).
Even unionists would struggle to object to such a move, even if the Irish Government has shied away from it Why is there no Irish passport office in Belfast? Once, such a question would only have been asked by the most ideologically committed northern nationalists. Demand for Irish passports was limited, the issue was seen as controversial and even if those objections were overcome, security considerations would have made such a proposal problematic.
The Belfast actor on playing a scion of the Guinness dynasty, actors he admires - and why he sees Belfast as the 'best place on earth' The Belfast actor Anthony Boyle says it was "great craic" to work on House of Guinness, the long-awaited Netflix series in which Boyle has the lead role as Arthur Guinness. Set in 19th century Dublin and New York, the eight-parter begins after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the brewery's success.