{"id":22895,"date":"2025-04-29T12:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-northern-ireland-commissions-hold-the-front-page\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:02:11","slug":"bbc-northern-ireland-commissions-hold-the-front-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-northern-ireland-commissions-hold-the-front-page\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Northern Ireland Commissions Hold The Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rare TV\u2019s Belfast hub has begun production on the new series <em>Hold The Front Page<\/em> for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>The three-parter talks to journalists who have broken news stories that made headlines around the world, including those who broke the story of Roy Keane\u2019s exit from Ireland\u2019s 2002 World Cup squad, those who exposed the truth behind Anne Darwin\u2019s husband\u2019s faked death and those who uncovered a financial scandal tying the former MP wife of Northern Ireland\u2019s First Minister to an extramarital affair with a man 40 years her junior.<\/p>\n<p>The series director is Ben Jamieson, and Brittny Heinrich is series producer. 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