Hearts and Minds is a politics and current affairs programme presented by Noel Thompson for BBC Northern Ireland. The show is on Thursday nights at 7:30pm on BBC Two and at 11:30pm on BBC One. The show often features the main Politicians to discuss the biggest event in Northern Irish politics of that week.
A section in the middle of the programme called "If you ask me..." features a journalist giving their opinion on certain events that happened in the week and a comedic cartoon is also shown. Journalists who have taken part in this section include Malachi O'Doherty. At the end of the show there is always a comedy sketch featuring Tim McGarry, best known for playing 'Da' in Give My Head Peace as a Belfast black taxi driver and picking up Noel Thompson from the BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast. In this sketch McGarry provides a comedic monologue discussing the weekly events.