The Bombmaker (2001)

Name: The Bombmaker
Director: Graham Theakston
Released: 2001-04-08
Duration: 2 h 24 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Dervla Kirwan, Mark Womack, Ciara Lyons, David Hunt

Director: Graham Theakston

Cast: Dervla Kirwan, Mark Womack, Ciara Lyons, David Hunt

6.4

Runtime144 min

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Expert IRA bomb-maker turned police informant Andrea Hayes retires and starts a new life after four school-children are killed by one of her bombs. Ten years later, her blissful home life shattered when her daughter, Katie, is abducted from her bedroom in the dead of night. Andrea later discovers a ransom note, instructing her to leave her husband Martin and fly to London by herself. It also states that if the police are contacted, she and Martin will never see Katie again. In the hope of being reunited with Katie, Andrea obeys orders and follows instructions to meet with the kidnappers. Back in Dublin, Martin is powerless to help and becomes frantic with worry when he learns from Andrea that no ransom demand has been made, and that the kidnappers' request is something much more dangerous.

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Fans of suspenseful thrillers will appreciate the layered storytelling and emotional depth that director Graham Theakston brings to The Bombmaker, the 2001 drama starring Dervla Kirwan as a former IRA bomb-maker who must confront her violent past when her daughter is kidnapped.

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The Bombmaker is a two-part British television drama serial, written and created by Stephen Leather, and directed by Graham Theakston. It first broadcast on Sky One on 8 April 2001, with the second and final episode following a week later on 15 April. The series, based upon Leather's novel of the same name, stars Dervla Kirwan as Andrea Hayes, a former IRA bombmaker who is forced to come out of retirement when her daughter is kidnapped and held to ransom.