Category Archives: Irish Television

Aidan Turner in FIFTEEN-LOVE

Aiden Turner

Dublin actor Aidan Turner is starring in an upcoming “provocative” drama on Prime Video along with rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland. The drama, called FIFTEEN-LOVE, is set in the world of elite tennis and tells the story of dynamic young sports prodigy Justine Pearce (Hyland) who had a meteoric rise in the world of Grand Slam Tennis. Turner’s character, Glenn Lapthorn, was Justine’s maverick coach with whom she shared an intense rapport. FIFTEEN-LOVE premieres on Prime Video on Friday 21 July. 

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Irish Television

BBC acquires CLEAN SWEEP

Clean Sweep

The BBC has acquired the Irish thriller drama CLEAN SWEEP for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. The six-part thriller series stars award-winning actress Charlene McKenna (BLOODLANDS, PEAKY BLINDERS). Inspired by true events, Clean Sweep follows a seemingly ordinary housewife, Shelly Mohan (Charlene McKenna), a mother of three married to a Garda detective (Barry Ward). On the surface, all seems normal until her dark past comes back to haunt her. It will be launching on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer later this year.

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BRIDGERTON Season 3

Nicola Coughlin

Netflix has unveiled the first look at the new season of their hugely-popular series BRIDGERTON, starring Irish actress Nicola Coughlan of DERRY GIRLS fame. The upcoming third season of historical romance series will focus on the love story between Luke Newton’s Colin Bridgerton and Coughlan’s Penelope Featherington as she continues to lead a double life as Lady Whistledown. A whole new host of twists lie ahead for Penelope, as she will step into the spotlight as Season 3’s romantic heroine alongside her love interest Colin Bridgerton.

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Irish Television

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THE DRY Season Two

The Dry

Element Pictures (NORMAL PEOPLE, CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS) has begun filming on the second season of THE DRY for ITVX and RTÉ. The new season will see the return of Roisin Gallagher (THE FALL) as recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan, accompanied by a slew of new cast members, including Michael McElhatton (GAME OF THRONES), Thommas Kane Byrne (DERRY GIRLS) and Seán Doyle (NORMAL PEOPLE). Reprising their roles are Ciarán Hinds (BELFAST) and Moe Dunford (VIKINGS).

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QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE Season Two

Graham Norton

The second series of QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE, the drag queen singing competition hosted by Graham Norton, has something unspoken about it: it is like a show about something else, camouflaged as classic, competition-format reality TV. The contestants are all so nice to one another, so supportive; Norton is so nice; the judges are all so nice. Take the niceness of BAKE OFF and multiply it by a thousand, and you are still nowhere close to how much the contestants are rooting for one another, even though they would all clearly appreciate the $250,000 prize for themselves. Season two is available to stream now on Paramount+.

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Irish Television

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Caitriona Balfe on OUTLANDER

Outlander

Caitriona Balfe is having a hard time saying goodbye to OUTLANDER. In a conversation with RTÉ Entertainment the BELFAST actor said, “It’s going to be very sad, very bittersweet. It’s had an amazing run and it will be more than a decade by the time it’s finished, which is an incredible length of time to spend as a character on a show and I will be bereft of spending that time with Claire.”

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Irish Television

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THE DEEPEST BREATH on Netflix

Netflix

Irish director Laura McGann’s latest film, THE DEEPEST BREATH, airs July 19 on Netflix. THE DEEPEST BREATH follows champion freediver Alessia Zecchini, who fell in love with the sport as a child growing up in Italy, astounding coaches with her raw talent and determination in pool swims and open water contests before she was even old enough to legally compete. The Deepest Breath will be released worldwide on Netflix on July 19, with limited theatrical release in Ireland from July 14.

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Irish Film, Irish Television

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