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Hearts and Minds (1996 TV programme)

Hearts and Minds is a British political and current affairs television programme presented by Noel Thompson that was broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland. The programme was normally broadcast on Thursday nights at 19:30 on BBC Two and 23:35 on BBC One, and on Sunday afternoons on BBC Parliament. The programme featured the main Northern Irish politicians discussing the biggest event in local politics of that week. The show was broadcast from 1996 to 2012.

Format
An occasional section in the middle of Hearts and Minds called "If You Ask Me..." featured a journalist or commentator giving their opinion on certain events that happened in the week illustrated by the cartoons of Ian Knox. Among those to have participated were Malachi O'Doherty Fionnuala O'Connor, Liam Clarke, Alex Kane, Newton Emerson, Lindsay Allen and Fionola Meredith. At the end of the show there was a comedy sketch featuring Tim McGarry, best known for playing Da in Give My Head Peace, as a Belfast black taxi driver picking up Noel Thompson from the BBC's Broadcasting House in Belfast. In this sketch, McGarry provided a comedic monologue discussing the weekly events. ==Axing and final show==
Axing and final show
Hearts and Minds was axed by BBC Northern Ireland at the end of June 2012 after years of speculation it would end. The final episode aired on 21 June 2012 with Noel Thompson chairing the show as usual ==References==
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