Give My Head Peace is a Northern Irish sitcom Created by the hole in the wall gang’s Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Micheal McDowell. that has run for 16 series as of 2024
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
2 | 10 | June 29, 2006 | August 17, 2006 | ||
3 | 15 | September 13, 2007 | November 15, 2007 | ||
4 | 13 | September 18, 2008 | November 20, 2008 | ||
5 | 12 | September 17, 2009 | December 10, 2009 | ||
6 | 14 | September 16, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | ||
7 | 13 | September 15, 2011 | December 15, 2011 | ||
8 | 10 | October 11, 2012 | December 20, 2012 | ||
9 | 10 | September 4, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | FXX | |
10 | 10 | January 14, 2015 | March 18, 2015 | ||
11 | 10 | January 6, 2016 | March 9, 2016 | ||
12 | 10 | January 4, 2017 | March 8, 2017 | ||
13 | 10 | September 5, 2018 | November 7, 2018 | ||
14 | 10 | September 25, 2019 | November 20, 2019 | ||
15 | 8 | December 1, 2021 | December 22, 2021 | ||
16 | 8 | June 7, 2023 | July 19, 2023 |
# | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | "Two Ceasefires and a Wedding" | Stephen Butcher | Michael McDowell, Tim McGarry, Nuala Mckeever, Damon Quinn and Martin Reid | 31 August 1995 | |
Set in august 1994 the episode is about the ceasefire and a love across the barricade romance involving billy and Emer and Da and uncle Andy aren’t a bit happy |
# | Series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "The Long Marching Season [1]" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 16 January 1998 |
2 | 2 | "Setting an Example" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 January 1998 |
3 | 3 | "Hollywood On The Falls" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 January 1998 |
4 | 4 | "Red Hand Luke" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 February 1998 |
5 | 5 | "Give Peace a Chance" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 February 1998 |
6 | 6 | "The Peace Dividend" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 February 1998 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Importance of Being Protestant" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 May 1998 | |
2 | "Shadow of a Salesman" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 May 1998 | |
3 | "Allo Allo Allo" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 5 June 1998 | |
4 | "An Indecent Proposal" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 June 1998 | |
5 | "A Guest of the Nation" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 June 1998 | |
6 | "Sectarian Candidate" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 June 1998 | |
Da And Uncle Andy go head to head and in Order to get votes they sabotage each other |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "It’s a Horrible Life [2]" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 December 1998[2] | |
In this Christmas special Da and uncle Andy seem to have lost the Christmas spirit and they with them both wishing they weren’t born get visited by their guardian Angel who shows them what it would be like if they hadn’t have been born |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "A Landrover Named Desire" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 May 1999 |
2 | "The Boxer" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 4 June 1999 |
3 | "Saving Ryan's Daughter" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 11 June 1999 |
4 | "Due North and South" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 June 1999 |
5 | "Desperately Seeking Dympna" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 June 1999 |
6 | "Bonfire of the insanities [3]" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 July 1999[3] |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "Wish You Weren't Here" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 December 1999[2] | |
45 minute Christmas special. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Truly, Madly, Deadly" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 May 2000 |
2 | "Andy's Ashes" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 May 2000 |
3 | "Fame" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 May 2000 |
4 | "Secrets and Lies" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 June 2000 |
5 | "The Importance of Being Honest" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 9 June 2000 |
6 | "A Farewell To Arms" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 16 June 2000 |
7 | "Death in Divis" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 June 2000 |
8 | "Reborn on the Twelfth of July" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 June 2000 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
— | "A Fairytale of New York" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 December 2000[2] |
# | Title [4] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Talentless Mr Ripple" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 May 2001[5] |
2 | "Number One Fan" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 1 June 2001[6] |
3 | "The North Down Connection" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 8 June 2001[7] |
4 | "McKenna's Gold" | Michael McDowell and Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 15 June 2001[8] |
5 | "Luke Back In Anger" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 June 2001[9] |
6 | "The Beautiful Game" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 June 2001[10] |
# | Title [11] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate [12] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "A Day in the Life" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 November 2001[13] |
2 | "Seven" | Tom Poole and Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 November 2001[14] |
3 | "Intiminadation" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 December 2001[15] |
4 | "The Drugs Don’t Work" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 December 2001[16] |
5 | "A Christmas Carol" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 December 2001[17] |
6 | "The Shoes of the Fisherman" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2001[18] |
# | Title [19] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate [19] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Don't Go Up There" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 May 2002[20] |
2 | "The Prime of The Inspector Brodie" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 24 May 2002[21] |
3 | "Get Thee to a Nunnery" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 31 May 2002[22] |
4 | "I Have a Dream" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 June 2002[23] |
5 | "La Passionara" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 June 2002[24] |
6 | "Lord of the Ring" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 June 2002[25] |
# | Title [26] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate [26] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Village People" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 November 2002[27] | |
2 | "Friends" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 November 2002[28] | |
3 | "In the Name of the Father" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 December 2002[29] | |
4 | "Return of the Native" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 December 2002[30] | |
5 | "Crime and Punishment" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 December 2002[31] | |
6 | "Secondary Colours" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2002[33] | |
According to the BBC this episode marks the 50th episode.
[32] |
# | Title [34] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Producers" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 November 2003[35] |
2 | "Return of the Mummy" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 5 December 2003[36] |
3 | "It Must Be Love" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 December 2003[37] |
4 | "The Sixth Sense" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 December 2003[38] |
5 | "The King and I" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2003[39] |
6 | "Shock and Awe" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 January 2004[40] |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "It Was A Very Good Year [2]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 December 2005[2] | |
Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. | |||||
— | "Easter Parade" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 April 2006 | |
Easter Special, episode runtime 60 minutes. | |||||
— | "The McGlinchey Code [52]" | Unknown | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 December 2006[52] | |
Christmas Special. | |||||
— | "The Last Farewell [53]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2007[53] | |
Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. | |||||
— | "The Farce Awakens [54]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2016[54] | |
Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The New Broom" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 January 2018 |
2 | "The Golf War" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 January 2018 |
3 | "Sex, Lies and Audiotape" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 February 2018 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "Shallow Grave [55]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2018[55] | |
Christmas special. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "Stranger things [56]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2019 | |
Christmas special. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "A Kick Up the Arts [57]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 December 2019 |
2 | "Death Becomes Him [58]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 10 January 2020 |
3 | "The Derry Girl [59]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 January 2020 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "2020 Vision [60]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2020 |
2 | "Love in the time of coronavirus" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 15 January 2021 |
3 | "Twin Peaks" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 January 2021 |
4 | "Kidnapped" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 January 2021 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The vanishing [61]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2021 |
2 | "The Importance of Being Andy [62]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 January 2022 |
3 | "No Country for Older Men [63]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 January 2022 |
4 | "The Orangeman Who Fell to Earth [64]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 January 2022 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Murder Most Foul [65]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2022 |
2 | "West Belfast [66]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 January 2023 |
3 | "Billy brascon [67]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 January 2023 |
4 | "Baby love [68]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 January 2023 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Total Christmas [69]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2022 |
2 | "The Other Side [70]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 January 2023 |
3 | "The Dogs in The Street [71]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 January 2023 |
4 | "Sir Da [72]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 January 2023 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "The Story of Give My Head Peace [73]" | — | — | 28 December 2007[73] | |
The cast, writers and producers reflect on the journey of the ironic sitcom. | |||||
— | "A Beginner's Guide [74]" | Michael McDowell | — | 28 December 2016[74] | |
A guide to Give My Head Peace with a look back to classic moments and interview with previous cast members. |
Give My Head Peace is a Northern Irish sitcom Created by the hole in the wall gang’s Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Micheal McDowell. that has run for 16 series as of 2024
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
2 | 10 | June 29, 2006 | August 17, 2006 | ||
3 | 15 | September 13, 2007 | November 15, 2007 | ||
4 | 13 | September 18, 2008 | November 20, 2008 | ||
5 | 12 | September 17, 2009 | December 10, 2009 | ||
6 | 14 | September 16, 2010 | December 16, 2010 | ||
7 | 13 | September 15, 2011 | December 15, 2011 | ||
8 | 10 | October 11, 2012 | December 20, 2012 | ||
9 | 10 | September 4, 2013 | November 6, 2013 | FXX | |
10 | 10 | January 14, 2015 | March 18, 2015 | ||
11 | 10 | January 6, 2016 | March 9, 2016 | ||
12 | 10 | January 4, 2017 | March 8, 2017 | ||
13 | 10 | September 5, 2018 | November 7, 2018 | ||
14 | 10 | September 25, 2019 | November 20, 2019 | ||
15 | 8 | December 1, 2021 | December 22, 2021 | ||
16 | 8 | June 7, 2023 | July 19, 2023 |
# | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | "Two Ceasefires and a Wedding" | Stephen Butcher | Michael McDowell, Tim McGarry, Nuala Mckeever, Damon Quinn and Martin Reid | 31 August 1995 | |
Set in august 1994 the episode is about the ceasefire and a love across the barricade romance involving billy and Emer and Da and uncle Andy aren’t a bit happy |
# | Series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "The Long Marching Season [1]" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 16 January 1998 |
2 | 2 | "Setting an Example" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 January 1998 |
3 | 3 | "Hollywood On The Falls" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 January 1998 |
4 | 4 | "Red Hand Luke" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 February 1998 |
5 | 5 | "Give Peace a Chance" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 February 1998 |
6 | 6 | "The Peace Dividend" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 February 1998 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Importance of Being Protestant" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 May 1998 | |
2 | "Shadow of a Salesman" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 May 1998 | |
3 | "Allo Allo Allo" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 5 June 1998 | |
4 | "An Indecent Proposal" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 June 1998 | |
5 | "A Guest of the Nation" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 June 1998 | |
6 | "Sectarian Candidate" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 June 1998 | |
Da And Uncle Andy go head to head and in Order to get votes they sabotage each other |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "It’s a Horrible Life [2]" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 December 1998[2] | |
In this Christmas special Da and uncle Andy seem to have lost the Christmas spirit and they with them both wishing they weren’t born get visited by their guardian Angel who shows them what it would be like if they hadn’t have been born |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "A Landrover Named Desire" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 May 1999 |
2 | "The Boxer" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 4 June 1999 |
3 | "Saving Ryan's Daughter" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 11 June 1999 |
4 | "Due North and South" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 June 1999 |
5 | "Desperately Seeking Dympna" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 June 1999 |
6 | "Bonfire of the insanities [3]" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 July 1999[3] |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "Wish You Weren't Here" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 December 1999[2] | |
45 minute Christmas special. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Truly, Madly, Deadly" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 May 2000 |
2 | "Andy's Ashes" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 May 2000 |
3 | "Fame" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 May 2000 |
4 | "Secrets and Lies" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 June 2000 |
5 | "The Importance of Being Honest" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 9 June 2000 |
6 | "A Farewell To Arms" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 16 June 2000 |
7 | "Death in Divis" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 June 2000 |
8 | "Reborn on the Twelfth of July" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 June 2000 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
— | "A Fairytale of New York" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 December 2000[2] |
# | Title [4] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Talentless Mr Ripple" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 May 2001[5] |
2 | "Number One Fan" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 1 June 2001[6] |
3 | "The North Down Connection" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 8 June 2001[7] |
4 | "McKenna's Gold" | Michael McDowell and Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 15 June 2001[8] |
5 | "Luke Back In Anger" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 June 2001[9] |
6 | "The Beautiful Game" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 June 2001[10] |
# | Title [11] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate [12] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "A Day in the Life" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 November 2001[13] |
2 | "Seven" | Tom Poole and Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 November 2001[14] |
3 | "Intiminadation" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 December 2001[15] |
4 | "The Drugs Don’t Work" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 December 2001[16] |
5 | "A Christmas Carol" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 December 2001[17] |
6 | "The Shoes of the Fisherman" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2001[18] |
# | Title [19] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate [19] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Don't Go Up There" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 May 2002[20] |
2 | "The Prime of The Inspector Brodie" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 24 May 2002[21] |
3 | "Get Thee to a Nunnery" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 31 May 2002[22] |
4 | "I Have a Dream" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 June 2002[23] |
5 | "La Passionara" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 June 2002[24] |
6 | "Lord of the Ring" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 June 2002[25] |
# | Title [26] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate [26] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Village People" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 November 2002[27] | |
2 | "Friends" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 November 2002[28] | |
3 | "In the Name of the Father" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 December 2002[29] | |
4 | "Return of the Native" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 December 2002[30] | |
5 | "Crime and Punishment" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 December 2002[31] | |
6 | "Secondary Colours" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2002[33] | |
According to the BBC this episode marks the 50th episode.
[32] |
# | Title [34] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Producers" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 November 2003[35] |
2 | "Return of the Mummy" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 5 December 2003[36] |
3 | "It Must Be Love" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 December 2003[37] |
4 | "The Sixth Sense" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 December 2003[38] |
5 | "The King and I" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2003[39] |
6 | "Shock and Awe" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 January 2004[40] |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "It Was A Very Good Year [2]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 December 2005[2] | |
Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. | |||||
— | "Easter Parade" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 April 2006 | |
Easter Special, episode runtime 60 minutes. | |||||
— | "The McGlinchey Code [52]" | Unknown | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 December 2006[52] | |
Christmas Special. | |||||
— | "The Last Farewell [53]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2007[53] | |
Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. | |||||
— | "The Farce Awakens [54]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2016[54] | |
Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The New Broom" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 January 2018 |
2 | "The Golf War" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 January 2018 |
3 | "Sex, Lies and Audiotape" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 February 2018 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "Shallow Grave [55]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2018[55] | |
Christmas special. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | "Stranger things [56]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2019 | |
Christmas special. |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "A Kick Up the Arts [57]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 December 2019 |
2 | "Death Becomes Him [58]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 10 January 2020 |
3 | "The Derry Girl [59]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 January 2020 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
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1 | "2020 Vision [60]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2020 |
2 | "Love in the time of coronavirus" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 15 January 2021 |
3 | "Twin Peaks" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 January 2021 |
4 | "Kidnapped" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 January 2021 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
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1 | "The vanishing [61]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2021 |
2 | "The Importance of Being Andy [62]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 January 2022 |
3 | "No Country for Older Men [63]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 January 2022 |
4 | "The Orangeman Who Fell to Earth [64]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 January 2022 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
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1 | "Murder Most Foul [65]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2022 |
2 | "West Belfast [66]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 January 2023 |
3 | "Billy brascon [67]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 January 2023 |
4 | "Baby love [68]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 January 2023 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
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1 | "Total Christmas [69]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2022 |
2 | "The Other Side [70]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 January 2023 |
3 | "The Dogs in The Street [71]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 January 2023 |
4 | "Sir Da [72]" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 January 2023 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | |
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— | "The Story of Give My Head Peace [73]" | — | — | 28 December 2007[73] | |
The cast, writers and producers reflect on the journey of the ironic sitcom. | |||||
— | "A Beginner's Guide [74]" | Michael McDowell | — | 28 December 2016[74] | |
A guide to Give My Head Peace with a look back to classic moments and interview with previous cast members. |