Hinds was featured in two notable television docudramas : Granada Television 's docudrama '' Who Bombed Birmingham ? '' ( 1990 ) in which Hinds portrayed Richard McIlkenny , a Belfastman falsely imprisoned for an IRA bombing ; and HBO 's docudrama '' Hostages '' ( 1993 ) , where he portrayed Irish writer and former hostage Brian Keenan . Hinds starred opposite Kelly Reilly in '' Above Suspicion '' , a TV adaptation of Lynda La Plante 's detective story , which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in January 2009 ; he returned for the sequels '' The Red Dahlia '' ( 2010 ) , '' Deadly Intent '' ( 2011 ) and '' Silent Scream '' ( 2012 ) . Hinds has performed in audiobook and radio productions as well . He performed as Valmont in the BBC Radio production of '' Les Liaisons Dangereuses '' , and also narrated the Penguin Audiobook '' Ivanhoe '' . He also performed in '' Antony and Cleopatra '' and '' The Winter 's Tale '' as part of '' The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare '' , an audio production of Shakespeare 's plays which won the 2004 Audie Award for Best Audio Drama . He read the short story " A Painful Case " for the Caedmon Audio version of James Joyce 's '' Dubliners ''
IRA bombing
Birmingham pub bombings
Ciarán Hinds