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Presented as the work of a French TV crew sent to cover the Bobby Sands 1981 hunger strike, '81 is, in fact, a fictional look at two Belfast families: one catholic and nationalist, one protestant and unionist.

DirectorStephen Burke
WriterStephen Burke

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Cast · Directed by Stephen Burke

Robert Hickey
Robert Hickey
Tommy Friel
Lalor Roddy
Lalor Roddy
Bernard Friel

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