Shadow Dancer (2012)

Friday

BBC2, 12.05am

Twenty-something single mother Colette Mcveigh (Andrea Riseborough) blames herself for the death of her young brother in 1970s Belfast. She harbours a deep resentment towards British forces, which fired the fateful bullet, and is an active member of the IRA. Police apprehend Colette during an attempted bombing. MI5 operative Mac (Clive Owen) provides evidence that an IRA bullet killed Colette’s brother and offers her an ultimatum: act as a mole or serve 25 years behind bars. Riseborough is mesmerising as a young woman offered an impossible choice.