Category Archives: Irish Television

Charlie Murphy in SAFE HARBOR

Charlie Murphy

Charlie Murphy (PEAKY BLINDERS, HAPPY VALLEY) and Jack Gleeson (GAME OF THRONES) are to star in a Dutch-Belgian thriller series from OZARK co-creator Mark Williams. The series follows gifted hacker Tobias  and his ambitious best friend Marco, who are plucked from quiet obscurity and plunged headfirst into the chaos of organised crime when they cross paths with the Irish mob. Leading the family’s operations in Holland are Sloane (Murphy) and her brother Farrell (Gleeson), who enlist their services to hack into the security system of Rotterdam harbour — Europe’s largest shipping port — to secure the undetected deliveries of drug shipments.

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Niamh Algar in PLAYING NICE

Niamh Algar

Mullingar actor Niamh Algar will star in PLAYING NICE, an adaptation of the best-selling novel by JP Delaney. Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child? PLAYING NICE will premiere in the UK on ITV1, and stream on ITVX, in 2024.

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THE PENGUIN set for 2024 release

Colin Farrell

BANSHEES OF INISHERIN star Colin Farrell will return to our television screens in 2024 in the new THE PENGUIN series. Created by Lauren LeFranc (MARVEL, AGENTS OF SHIELD), the plot of the series HBO Max It will serve as a bridge between The Batman and the future sequel it is preparing Matt Reeves con Robert Pattinson. Little is known about the project, which is described as “the next chapter in the Batman saga” that will take “the Gotham mythos to even greater heights before the Bat works again.”

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DERRY GIRLS wins International Comedy Emmy

Derry Girls

Channel 4’s international smash-hit comedy show DERRY GIRLS, has won the best International Emmy for Best Comedy. The hit comedy show was written and created by Derry woman Lisa McGee and starred Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Louisa Harland and Dylan Llewellyn. It was awarded the honour alongside Indian comedian Vir Das’ fourth stand-up special for Netflix, VIR DAS: LANDING.

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Andrew Scott honoured by GQ

Andrew Scott

Irish actor Andrew Scott was among the GQ cover stars honoured at the glitzy annual Men of the Year ceremony in London’s Royal Opera House. Scott will next be seen on cinema screens opposite fellow Irish actor Paul Mescal in ALL OF US STRANGERS, opening on Friday 26 January 2024. During the GQ ceremony, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who starred alongside Scott in the hit TV series FLEABAG, and Gatwa’s SEX EDUCATION co-star Jodie Turner-Smith were among those who gave a toast to the cover stars.

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Coughlan in DOCTOR WHO

Nicola Coughlan

The first look at DERRY GIRLS actress Nicola Coughlan on the set of the upcoming season of DOCTOR WHO has been released. Known for her breakout roles in DERRY GIRLS and BRIDGERTON, Coughlan will be guest starring alongside SEX EDUCATION star Ncuti Gatwa’s DOCTOR WHO. The show’s 15th series will also introduce CORONATION STREET‘s Millie Gibson as the Doctor’s companion, Ruby Sunday. Gatwa’s Doctor is set to debut on Christmas Day this year, with an episode entitled THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD.

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Aisling Bea in AVOIDANCE

Aisling Bea

Irish actress Aisling Bea has joined the cast of comedian Romesh Ranganathan’s BBC One comedy AVOIDANCE, as filming starts on the second series. The comedian is one of several familiar comedy names joining the sitcom, also including Colin Hoult, Michael Spicer, Louise Ford (who plays Kate in THE WINDSORS) and Brona C Titley from Stephen Merchant’s THE OUTLAWS. No broadcast date has yet been announced for the six new half-hour episodes.

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Irish crime drama KIN to BBC

KIN

Irish crime drama KIN is set to air on BBC One in Britain after the star-studded series wowed viewers in Ireland. The show, which stars GAME OF THRONES actors Ciarán Hinds and Aidan Gillen, won rave reviews after debuting on RTÉ One in September 2021. It would go on to scoop six gongs at the 2022 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards, including Best Drama and Best Drama Script for creator Peter McKenna.

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Mescal’s 10 Best Performances

Paul Mescal

In the last three years, Paul Mescal has become one of the greatest new actors to watch for. Before NORMAL PEOPLE, the actor was a complete unknown, and only three years later, he’s already been nominated for an Emmy, a BAFTA, and an Academy Award, and has become a critics’ darling, as he keeps choosing to do indie films, where characters are much more important than action. Discover his Top 10 performances below.

Mescal’s Top 10

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EVERYTHING NOW on Netlifx

Niamh McCormack

A brand new Netflix series stars one of our very own Irish talents, Niamh McCormack. EVERYTHING NOW is a show that follows teenage girl Mia as she returns to school following a lengthy rehabilitation stint for an eating disorder. Alongside a star-studded cast – including Stephen Fry and TALK TO ME’s Sophie Wilde – Niamh will play the character of Alison, who is a bold, funny and brutally honest teenager.

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DERRY GIRLS Harland in ULSTER AMERICAN

Louisa Harland

DERRY GIRLS actress Louisa Harland is set to star in Northern Irish playwright David Ireland’s production of ULSTER AMERICAN on the London stage. The satirical dark comedy will see Dublin-born performer Harland play Northern Irish playwright Ruth Davenport, opposite THE LORD OF THE RINGS actor Andy Serkis as English director Leigh Carver, and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI star Woody Harrelson playing Oscar-winning actor Jay Conway.

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PEAKY BLINDERS movie update

Cillian Murphy

On the show’s 10-year anniversary, PEAKY BLINDERS creator, Steven Knight, has confirmed the story “is not yet over”. It hardly seems believable that it’s 10 years since Tommy Shelby first rode that black horse through the streets of Birmingham. The message was shared to the official Peaky Blinders Instagram page, which added: “Huge thanks to our incredible fans for the past ten years. Here’s to the next ten…” Following the show’s season six finale last year, Knight revealed plans to make a film that would serve as the seventh and final chapter.

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ANDREW SCOTT interview

Andrew Scott

FLEABAG’s hot priest, Andrew Scott, is about to take on his most liberating role yet: a one-man show of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in which he will play all nine roles, male and female. In the coming months, Scott will be everywhere: a trick of scheduling, rather than by design. VANYA will be followed in December by the release of ALL OF US STRANGERS, a film in which he stars with Paul Mescal and Claire Foy.

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SMALL TOWN, BIG STORY preview

Chris O'Dowd

BRIDESMAIDS star Chris O’Dowd has written SMALL TOWN, BIG STORY a six part comedy drama about a village in Ireland hosting the filming of a Hollywood movie. Christina Hendricks (MAD MEN) and Paddy Considine (THE WORLD’S END) will star in the series, which is described by commissioning network Sky as “a witty, very dramatic comedy”. MOONE BOY creator and THE IT CROWD star Chris O’Dowd is also working as a director on the series, with filming now underway in Ireland.

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EVERYTHING NOW trailer

Niamh McCormack

Irish actress Niamh McCormack has landed a role in Netflix’s upcoming series EVERYTHING NOW. The 22-year-old, who attended Bow Street Academy after finishing school in 2019, previously starred in THE WITCHER. EVERYTHING NOW stars Sophie Wilde as a 16-year-old named Mia, who returns home after a lengthy recovery from an eating disorder. The series will premiere on Netflix on October 5th.

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BEING JAMES MARTIN for UTV

James Martin

A new TV programme is set to chart the successful career of Belfast actor James Martin. The UTV programme BEING JAMES MARTIN looks into the life of the 33-year-including his acting career which has seen him go from a local drama group for young people with learning difficulties to winning Oscars. Rita Fitzgerald presents the programme and interviews James and his parents, Queen’s Professor Suzanne, and radio DJ Ivan, about his early life and the challenges and joys they faced with him as a child.

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