Alison Millar

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A BAFTA, IFTA, RTS and Prix Italia winner, Alison Millar is one of the UK and Ireland's most respected documentary film-makers and the founder of Erica Starling Productions Ltd, an independent documentary production company in Belfast. She is a regular filmmaker for the Channel 4 investigative documentary series Dispatches, but she actually began her career in front of the cameras, co-presenting the legendary arts and crafts series for children, Hartbeat, with Tony Hart in the 1980s.

Most Popular Alison Millar Trailers

Total trailers found: 12

The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper Trailer (2008)

15 June 2008

Documentary about Father Michael Cleary, an unlikely superstar of the Irish Catholic Church who had his own TV chatshow and two hit albums to his credit.

The Changin' Times of Ike White Trailer (2020)

28 February 2020

Ike White was a musical prodigy who recorded a funk and soul classic album inside a Californian prison in 1974.

Lyra Trailer (2022)

04 November 2022

An emotive, intimate film on the life and death of acclaimed young Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee, whose murder by the New IRA in April 2019 sent shockwaves across the world.

Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party Trailer (2019)

15 March 2019

Ardal O'Hanlon looks at what started the showband era in Ireland, the people involved, and how it came to an end in the 1980s.

Searching for Shergar Trailer (2018)

07 June 2018

Documentary in which Alison Millar sets out to unearth the secrets behind the mystery of Shergar's ds

Sisters of the Lodge Trailer (2011)

21 March 2011

Film-maker Alison Millar spent a year behind the scenes with the ladies of the Loyal Orange Lodges of Ireland.

The Disappeared Trailer (2013)

05 November 2013

An investigation into the victims killed and secretly buried by the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

The Day Mountbatten Died Trailer (2019)

19 August 2019

On 27 August 1979, Lord Mountbatten, great uncle to Prince Charles, was blown up at sea by the IRA off the west coast of the Republic of Ireland.

The Disappearance of Captain Nairac Trailer (2025)

09 November 2025

May 1977. Undercover British army Captain Robert Nairac is abducted and killed by the IRA - his body secretly buried.

Bodies of Evidence: The Butcher Surgeon Trailer (2022)

12 June 2022

The story of how surgeon Ian Paterson duped his patients into believing they had cancer and performed unnecessary surgeries on them before he was caught and jailed for 20 years.

The Men Who Won't Stop Marching Trailer (2011)

01 June 2011

In 2008 Alison Millar spent a year filming the marching bands of the Shankill Road. Amongst the men she follows is Jordan, an eleven-year old aspiring drummer.

A Carryin' Stream Trailer (2019)

15 September 2019

From 9- to 90-year-olds, the people of a County Antrim village help Bafta award-winning director Alison Millar explore the real meaning of creativity and culture.