Pulling Moves

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Television series from Northern Ireland

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::summary Television series from Northern Ireland ::

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FieldValue
genreComedy drama
countryNorthern Ireland
num_episodes10
networkBBC Three, BBC Northern Ireland
first_aired
last_aired
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| genre = Comedy drama | country = Northern Ireland | num_episodes = 10 | network = BBC Three, BBC Northern Ireland | first_aired = | last_aired =

Pulling Moves is a Northern Irish television series set in Lenadoon, West Belfast. It follows the exploits of four friends: Wardrobe (Simon Delaney), Ta (Ciarán McMenamin), Shay (Ciaran Nolan) and Darragh (Kevin Elliot). The series first aired on BBC Northern Ireland in 2003 and aired nationwide on BBC Three, running for one series of ten episodes.

Premise

Set in Belfast. Each episode follows the group as they try different scams to earn money.

Episodes

| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Clamitis | DirectedBy = Brian Kirk | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = The guys are broke as usual and get involved in trying set up a phoney accident which would get them compensation | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Meat is Murder | DirectedBy = Brian Kirk | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = Ta's uncle asks the guys to dispose of a cow but the guys spot a chance of making a few pounds selling bits of it off not realising it is possibly infected with Mad Cow disease. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Quiz | DirectedBy = Brian Kirk | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = Ta owes his ex-wife child support. She refuses to let him see their son until he pays up. £1,000 prize money for a quiz at the local pub might help him out. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Dog-Eat-Dog | DirectedBy = Brian Kirk | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = The owner of a prize Shih Tzu hires the guys to steal another prize Shih Tzu so the two dogs can mate. As usual, things do not go as planned. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Spousal Arousal | DirectedBy = Brian Kirk | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = 'Mick Bad News' thinks his wife is having an affair. He hires the guys to trail her to a local hotel where she picks up various men. After telling him the bad news, he suggests they set up a trap for her. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Catch the Pigeon | DirectedBy = Pearse Elliot | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = As a favour for the wife of recently deceased Barney the Bird, the guys knock down his pigeon shed and accidentally come across his secret pigeon feed formula. The guys then decide to sell it to the highest bidder starting a bidding war between 'Hong Kong Paddy' and 'Petsey Pigeon'. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = The Pirate and the Choir Boys | DirectedBy = Pearse Elliot | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = Ta gets a legitimate job and Shay becomes a taxi driver. It looks like the boys are breaking up until Shay upsets Concepta McCluskey, the mother of the three biggest guys in the west. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = Two Weddings and a Break In | DirectedBy = Phillipa Langdale | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = Wardrobe wants to buy his mum's house for her as a birthday present but the guys are broke. His cousin's offer to the gang to steal his wedding presents whilst he is away on honeymoon could solve Wardrobe's problem until the local hoodlum, Hokey, gets involved. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = The Grandfather Clock | DirectedBy = Phillipa Langdale | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = Local entrepreneur, JJ Diamond, enlists the help of the guys to bring a grandfather clock across the border. Dissident republicans hijack their van and use it for planting a bomb. | LineColor = f4a943 | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = All Day Long | DirectedBy = Phillipa Langdale | OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = Still working for JJ Diamond, the guys almost have enough money for a stag night for Ta. When they go to JJ's for one last move, the police are already at his house and have arrested Carol. The guys are asked to smuggle JJ out of the country. | LineColor = f4a943

Cast

References

References

  1. "BBC NI Drama 'Pulling Moves' Begins This Week - The Irish Film & Television Network".
  2. "Not funny? Give My Head Peace, says creator Quinn".
  3. McGown, Alistair D.. (28 December 2004). "BFI Television Handbook 2005: The Essential Guide to UK TV: 2005". British Film Institute.
  4. Guide, British Comedy. "Pulling Moves - BBC3 Sitcom".

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