As the Beast Sleeps
7.5
“When the political leadership of the Ulster Defence Association bans paramilitary activity, the teams groomed for fighting face a drastic change in lifestyle.”
Kyle is loyal to his wife, his best mate and his boss in the Ulster Defence Union – and they love him as a husband, a brother and a son – but, with changing times and the emerging peace process, Kyle finds himself lost in the shadows of transition, uncertainty, and betrayal. In a world turned upside down, peace and brutality walk side-by-side, while love and loyalty are sacrificed to the new order. "As the Beast Sleeps" is set in Belfast's Protestant Rathcoole housing estate and explores with an up-to-the-minute urgency, the fragmentation within an extended family of loyalists in the context of the current cease-fire.
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Cast
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Stuart Graham
Kyle
Known for
The Fall
Hunger
Patrick O'Kane
Freddie
Known for
The Day of the Jackal
Steal
Laine Megaw
Sandra
Known for
Hunger
Mickybo and Me
Daniel McGrady
Joe
Also in
Bye-Child
Conor Grimes
Dougie
Known for
Mrs Wilson
Boys from County Hell
Alan McKee
Mac
Also in
The Craic
Mad About Mambo
Lalor Roddy
Heck
Known for
The Devil's Doorway
Rebellion
Gerard Jordan
Soup
Known for
The Fall
Blue Lights
Michael Liebman
Bap
Known for
Ripper Street
WΔZ
Packy Lee
Wee Rab
Known for
Peaky Blinders
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Frank McCusker
Bap
Known for
The Fall
The Tudors
Moya O'Hara
Sadie
No other roles listed
Harry Bradbeer Director · Gary Mitchell Writer Mark Garrett Cinematographer
First release February 3, 2002 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC Northern Ireland
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 3, 2002
TV · BBC Northern Ireland
No release date listed for United States.
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