The Ban
2024, English. Directed by Roisin Agnew.
In 1988, following a wave of IRA atrocities, the British Government introduced a Broadcasting Ban, silencing Sinn Féin and other loyalist and republican paramilitary groups by forbidding broadcasters to allow anyone affiliated with these bodies to speak on television or radio. Bizarrely, however, a legal loophole allowed broadcasters to circumvent the ban by simply employing actors to re-voice the original sequences. Using unseen archive footage and present-day interviews with key figures such as Gerry Adams and Stephen Rea, The Ban reflects on the British government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship, drawing inevitable comparisons with the present.
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- 0h 27m
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- English
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- 15 August 2024
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The Ban isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 August 2024. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Ban?
If you liked The Ban, try Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes, 35 Up, Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th.
Who directed The Ban?
The Ban (2024) was directed by Roisin Agnew and stars Gerry Adams.