# List of Give My Head Peace episodes

Give My Head Peace is a Northern Irish sitcom created by the Hole in the Wall Gang's Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Micheal McDowell, for BBC Northern Ireland. A Hole in the Wall Gang special broadcast in 1995, which is established as a pilot, before it became ongoing from 1998. It officially ended in 2007, but was revived in 2016.
As of 23 December 2024, 99 episodes of Give My Head Peace have aired, including eleven specials, concluding the sixteenth series.

## Series overview

Series :
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| Pilot | Pilot | Pilot | 31 August 1995 (1995-8-31) | 31 August 1995 (1995-8-31) |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 January 1998 (1998-1-16) | 20 February 1998 (1998-2-20) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 May 1998 (1998-5-22) | 25 June 1998 (1998-6-25) |
| Special | Special | Special | 18 December 1998 (1998-12-18) | 18 December 1998 (1998-12-18) |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 25 May 1999 (1999-5-25) | 2 July 1999 (1999-7-2) |
| Special | Special | Special | 17 December 1999 (1999-12-17) | 17 December 1999 (1999-12-17) |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 May 2000 (2000-5-12) | 30 June 2000 (2000-6-30) |
| Special | Special | Special | 21 December 2000 (2000-12-21) | 21 December 2000 (2000-12-21) |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 May 2001 (2001-5-25) | 29 June 2001 (2001-6-29) |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 November 2001 (2001-11-23) | 28 December 2001 (2001-12-28) |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 May 2002 (2002-5-17) | 21 June 2002 (2002-6-21) |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 November 2002 (2002-11-22) | 27 December 2002 (2002-12-27) |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 November 2003 (2003-11-28) | 2 January 2004 (2004-1-2) |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 26 November 2004 (2004-11-26) | 11 February 2005 (2005-2-11) |
| Special | Special | Special | 23 December 2005 (2005-12-23) | 23 December 2005 (2005-12-23) |
| Special | Special | Special | 18 April 2006 (2006-4-18) | 18 April 2006 (2006-4-18) |
| Special | Special | Special | 22 December 2006 (2006-12-22) | 22 December 2006 (2006-12-22) |
| Special | Special | Special | 28 December 2007 (2007-12-28) | 28 December 2007 (2007-12-28) |
| Special | Special | Special | 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28) | 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28) |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 19 January 2018 (2018-1-19) | 2 February 2018 (2018-2-2) |
| Special | Special | Special | 27 December 2018 (2018-12-27) | 27 December 2018 (2018-12-27) |
| Special | Special | Special | 27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) | 27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 30 December 2019 (2019-12-30) | 17 January 2020 (2020-1-17) |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 27 December 2020 (2020-12-27) | 29 January 2021 (2021-1-29) |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 27 December 2021 (2021-12-27) | 21 January 2022 (2022-1-21) |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) | 20 January 2023 (2023-1-20) |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 28 December 2023 (2023-12-28) | 19 January 2024 (2024-1-19) |
| Special | Special | Special | 23 December 2024 (2024-12-23) | 23 December 2024 (2024-12-23) |

## Episodes
### Pilot (1995)

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| "Two Ceasefires and a Wedding" | Stephen Butcher | Michael McDowell, Tim McGarry, Nuala Mckeever, Damon Quinn and Martin Reid | 31 August 1995 (1995-8-31) |
| Set in august 1994 the episode is about the ceasefire and a love across the barricade romance involving billy and Emer and Da and uncle Andy aren’t a bit happy ||||

### Series 1 (1998)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Long Marching Season" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 16 January 1998 (1998-01-16) |
| 2 | 2 | "Setting an Example" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 January 1998 (1998-01-28) |
| 3 | 3 | "Hollywood On The Falls" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 January 1998 (1998-01-30) |
| 4 | 4 | "Red Hand Luke" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 February 1998 (1998-02-06) |
| 5 | 5 | "Give Peace a Chance" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 February 1998 (1998-02-13) |
| 6 | 6 | "The Peace Dividend" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 February 1998 (1998-02-20) |

### Series 2 (1998)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 7 | 1 | "The Importance of Being Protestant" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 May 1998 (1998-05-22) |
| 8 | 2 | "Shadow of a Salesman" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 May 1998 (1998-05-29) |
| 9 | 3 | "Allo Allo Allo" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 5 June 1998 (1998-06-05) |
| 10 | 4 | "An Indecent Proposal" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 June 1998 (1998-06-12) |
| 11 | 5 | "A Guest of the Nation" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 June 1998 (1998-06-19) |
| 12 | 6 | "Sectarian Candidate" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 June 1998 (1998-06-25) |
| Da And Uncle Andy go head to head and in Order to get votes they sabotage each other ||||||

### Christmas Special (1998)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 13 | "It’s a Horrible Life" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 December 1998 (1998-12-18) |
| In this Christmas special Da and uncle Andy seem to have lost the Christmas spirit and they with them both wishing they weren’t born get visited by their guardian Angel who shows them what it would be like if they hadn’t have been born |||||

### Series 3 (1999)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "A Landrover Named Desire" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 May 1999 (1999-05-25) |
| 15 | 2 | "The Boxer" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 4 June 1999 (1999-06-04) |
| 16 | 3 | "Saving Ryan's Daughter" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 11 June 1999 (1999-06-11) |
| 17 | 4 | "Due North and South" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 June 1999 (1999-06-18) |
| 18 | 5 | "Desperately Seeking Dympna" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 June 1999 (1999-06-25) |
| 19 | 6 | "Bonfire of the insanities" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 July 1999 (1999-7-2) |

### Christmas Special (1999)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 20 | "Wish You Weren't Here" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 December 1999 (1999-12-17) |
| 45 minute Christmas special. |||||

### Series 4 (2000)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 21 | 1 | "Truly, Madly, Deadly" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 May 2000 (2000-05-12) |
| 22 | 2 | "Andy's Ashes" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 May 2000 (2000-05-21) |
| 23 | 3 | "Fame" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 May 2000 (2000-05-26) |
| 24 | 4 | "Secrets and Lies" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 June 2000 (2000-06-02) |
| 25 | 5 | "The Importance of Being Honest" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 9 June 2000 (2000-06-09) |
| 26 | 6 | "A Farewell To Arms" | Martin Shardlow | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 16 June 2000 (2000-06-16) |
| 27 | 7 | "Death in Divis" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 June 2000 (2000-06-23) |
| 28 | 8 | "Reborn on the Twelfth of July" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 June 2000 (2000-06-30) |

### Christmas Special (2000)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 29 | "A Fairytale of New York" | David G. Croft | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 December 2000 (2000-12-21) |

### Series 5 (2001)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 30 | 1 | "The Talentless Mr Ripple" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 25 May 2001 (2001-5-25) |
| 31 | 2 | "Number One Fan" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 1 June 2001 (2001-6-1) |
| 32 | 3 | "The North Down Connection" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 8 June 2001 (2001-6-8) |
| 33 | 4 | "McKenna's Gold" | Michael McDowell and Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 15 June 2001 (2001-6-15) |
| 34 | 5 | "Luke Back In Anger" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 June 2001 (2001-6-22) |
| 35 | 6 | "The Beautiful Game" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 June 2001 (2001-6-29) |

### Series 6 (2001)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 36 | 1 | "A Day in the Life" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 November 2001 (2001-11-23) |
| 37 | 2 | "Seven" | Tom Poole and Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) |
| 38 | 3 | "Intiminadation" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 December 2001 (2001-12-7) |
| 39 | 4 | "The Drugs Don’t Work" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 December 2001 (2001-12-14) |
| 40 | 5 | "A Christmas Carol" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 December 2001 (2001-12-21) |
| 41 | 6 | "The Shoes of the Fisherman" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2001 (2001-12-28) |

### Series 7 (2002)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 42 | 1 | "Don't Go Up There" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 May 2002 (2002-5-17) |
| 43 | 2 | "The Prime of The Inspector Brodie" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 24 May 2002 (2002-5-24) |
| 44 | 3 | "Get Thee to a Nunnery" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 31 May 2002 (2002-5-31) |
| 45 | 4 | "I Have a Dream" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 June 2002 (2002-6-7) |
| 46 | 5 | "La Passionara" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 June 2002 (2002-6-14) |
| 47 | 6 | "Lord of the Ring" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 June 2002 (2002-6-21) |

### Series 8 (2002)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 48 | 1 | "Village People" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 November 2002 (2002-11-22) |
| 49 | 2 | "Friends" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 November 2002 (2002-11-29) |
| 50 | 3 | "In the Name of the Father" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 December 2002 (2002-12-6) |
| 51 | 4 | "Return of the Native" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 December 2002 (2002-12-13) |
| 52 | 5 | "Crime and Punishment" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 December 2002 (2002-12-20) |
| 53 | 6 | "Secondary Colours" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2002 (2002-12-27) |
| According to the BBC this episode marks the 50th episode. It is the 53rd episode overall, including the three Christmas specials. ||||||

### Series 9 (2003–2004)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 54 | 1 | "The Producers" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 November 2003 (2003-11-28) |
| 55 | 2 | "Return of the Mummy" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 5 December 2003 (2003-12-5) |
| 56 | 3 | "It Must Be Love" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 12 December 2003 (2003-12-12) |
| 57 | 4 | "The Sixth Sense" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 December 2003 (2003-12-19) |
| 58 | 5 | "The King and I" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) |
| 59 | 6 | "Shock and Awe" | Tom Poole | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 January 2004 (2004-1-2) |

### Series 10 (2004–2005)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 60 | 1 | "The Kid" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 November 2004 (2004-11-26) |
| 61 | 2 | "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 3 December 2004 (2004-12-3) |
| 62 | 3 | "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 10 December 2004 (2004-12-10) |
| 63 | 4 | "The Searchers" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 December 2004 (2004-12-17) |
| 64 | 5 | "I Am the Law" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 January 2005 (2005-1-7) |
| 65 | 6 | "Fahrenheit 451" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 January 2005 (2005-1-14) |
| 66 | 7 | "Surprise, Surprise" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 January 2005 (2005-1-21) |
| 67 | 8 | "Love Actually" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 January 2005 (2005-1-28) |
| 68 | 9 | "Canada Dry" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 4 February 2005 (2005-2-4) |
| 69 | 10 | "The Passion of Red Hand Luke" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 11 February 2005 (2005-2-11) |

### Christmas Special (2005)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 70 | "It Was A Very Good Year" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 December 2005 (2005-12-23) |
| Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. |||||

### Easter Special (2006)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 71 | "Easter Parade" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 18 April 2006 (2006-04-18) |
| Easter Special, episode runtime 60 minutes. |||||

### Christmas Special (2006)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 72 | "The McGlinchey Code" | Unknown | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 December 2006 (2006-12-22) |
| Christmas Special. |||||

### Christmas Special (2007)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 73 | "The Last Farewell" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2007 (2007-12-28) |
| Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. |||||

### Christmas Special (2016)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 74 | "The Farce Awakens" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28) |
| Christmas special, episode runtime 60 minutes. |||||

### Series 11 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 75 | 1 | "The New Broom" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 January 2018 (2018-1-19) |
| 76 | 2 | "The Golf War" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 January 2018 (2018-1-26) |
| 77 | 3 | "Sex, Lies and Audiotape" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 2 February 2018 (2018-2-02) |

### Christmas Special (2018)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 78 | "Shallow Grave" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2018 (2018-12-27) |
| Christmas special. |||||

### Christmas Special (2019)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 79 | "Stranger things " | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) |
| Christmas special. |||||

### Series 12 (2019–2020)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 80 | 1 | "A Kick Up the Arts" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 30 December 2019 (2019-12-30) |
| 81 | 2 | "Death Becomes Him" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) |
| 82 | 3 | "The Derry Girl" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 17 January 2020 (2020-01-17) |

### Series 13 (2020–2021)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 83 | 1 | "2020 Vision" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2020 (2020-12-27) |
| 84 | 2 | "Love in the time of coronavirus" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 15 January 2021 (2021-01-15) |
| 85 | 3 | "Twin Peaks" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 22 January 2021 (2021-01-22) |
| 86 | 4 | "Kidnapped" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 29 January 2021 (2021-01-29) |

### Series 14 (2021–2022)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 87 | 1 | "The vanishing" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 27 December 2021 (2021-12-27) |
| 88 | 2 | "The Importance of Being Andy" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 7 January 2022 (2022-01-7) |
| 89 | 3 | "No Country for Older Men" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 14 January 2022 (2022-01-14) |
| 90 | 4 | "The Orangeman Who Fell to Earth" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) |

### Series 15 (2022–2023)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 91 | 1 | "Murder Most Foul" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) |
| 92 | 2 | "West Belfast" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) |
| 93 | 3 | "Billy brascon" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 13 January 2023 (2023-01-13) |
| 94 | 4 | "Baby love" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 20 January 2023 (2023-01-20) |

### Series 16 (2023–2024)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 95 | 1 | "Total Christmas" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 28 December 2023 (2023-12-28) |
| 96 | 2 | "The Other Side" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 5 January 2024 (2024-01-05) |
| 97 | 3 | "The Dogs in The Street" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) |
| 98 | 4 | "Sir Da" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 26 January 2024 (2024-01-26) |

### Christmas Special (2024)

| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 99 | "Merry Christmas Mr Begbie" | Michael McDowell | Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Michael McDowell | 23 December 2024 (2024-12-23) |

## Documentaries

| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate |
| "The Story of Give My Head Peace" | – | — | 28 December 2007 (2007-12-28) |
| The cast, writers and producers reflect on the journey of the ironic sitcom. ||||
| "A Beginner's Guide" | Michael McDowell | — | 28 December 2016 (2016-12-28) |
| A guide to Give My Head Peace with a look back to classic moments and interview with previous cast members. ||||