Category Archives: Irish Television

Jamie Dornan in THE UNDERTOW

Jamie Dornan

THE TOURIST star Jamie Dornan has been announced as the lead actor in Netflix crime drama THE UNDERTOW, where he’ll be the latest major star to take on the challenge of playing identical twins. The story kicks off when Adam’s long-estranged brother Lee (both Dornan) abruptly returns, stirring up tension with the former’s unhappy wife, Nicola (Mackenzie Davis), with whom the latter also has a “tangled romantic past”. Filming will commence later this year in the Scottish Highlands, with director Jeremy Lovering (SLOW HORSES).

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Roisin Gallagher in THE DRY

Roisin Gallagher

Trailblazing Irish women are having a moment in TV drama. Hot on the heels of Sharon Horgan’s BAD SISTERS, Sally Rooney’s NORMAL PEOPLE, Aisling Bea’s THIS WAY UP and Lisa McGee’s DERRY GIRLS came 2022’s THE DRY. Critics called it “the Irish Fleabag”, and the series picked up eight nominations at the IFTAs and launched the career of its star Roisin Gallagher. Gallagher has appeared alongside Hollywood megastars, and found herself up against the likes of Sharon Horgan at awards shows. It’s all thanks to the brilliance of her Dublin-set dark comedy, THE DRY, which is leading an Irish television revolution.

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Jamie Dornan on HOT ONES

Jamie Dornan

Jamie Dornan hopes Irish people don’t want to punch him in the face over his 2020 film WILD MOUNTAIN THYME because “everyone hated it”. The admission came as Dornan became the latest celebrity to take on the HOT ONES spicy chicken wings challenge on the popular YouTube show and admitted that “with every bite, it feels like more of a mistake”. The BELFAST actor can currently be seen in Season 2 of THE TOURIST.

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EXTRAORDINARY Season 2 trailer

Máiréad Tyers

In the newly-released EXTRAORDINARY Season 2 trailer, BELFAST actress Máiréad Tyers inhabits a world where everyone gains a superpower when they turn 18. Written by Co Fermanagh writer Emma Moran, the supernatural series works largely because of Tyers, who is fantastic at communicating the sheer rubbishness of your mid-20s, when you’re too skint to graduate to adulthood properly but too grown up to slum it like an eternal student. What a painful in-between period – and what a great performance by Tyers. EXTRAORDINARY Season 2 is now streaming on Hulu.

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Colin Farrell in SUGAR

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell is a private investigator determined to find a missing woman in the trailer for Apple TV+’s SUGAR. The Oscar nominee portrays John Sugar, who is hired to find the missing granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel. As he dives into her mysterious disappearance, the private investigator begins unearthing Siegel family secrets that were never meant to be uncovered. The first two episodes of SUGAR premiere on Appl TV+ on April 5, followed by one new episode every Friday until the finale May 17.

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Andrew Scott in new RIPLEY trailer

Andrew Scott

ALL OF US STRANGERS star Andrew Scott is having an incredible 2024. With nominations and awards recognizing the Dublin actor’s on-screen prowess, Scott’s global success continues with the newly released RIPLEY trailer from Netflix. Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder. The limited series drama is based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tom Ripley novels and lands on the streaming service on Apr 4.

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Ardal O’Hanlon in INIS NA NLONTAS

Ardal O’Hanlon

FATHER TED star Ardal O’Hanlon is set to discover the magic of Rathlin Island as a part of a new Irish language series kicking off this weekend. INIS NA NLONTAS sees the actor and comedian takes us on a journey from Rathlin to Cape Clear, discovering rare wildlife, rugged coastlines and mystical stories, and meeting the people who live on The Emerald Isles. The series, starting on BBC Two Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer on Sunday, March 3, was made for BBC Northern Ireland and TG4 by One Tribe TV and Boulder Creek International.

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Nicola Coughlan in BRIDGERTON 3

Nicola Coughlan

The third instalment of Netflix’s steamy smash hit BRIDGERTON, which is based on the books by Julia Quinn, will see Nicola as the season’s diamond, and the Galway native is ready to step into the spotlight. With a potential romance between her character, Penelope Featherington and Colin all teed up, it’s now a matter of when. The season will be released in two parts, with the first four episodes landing on Netflix on May 16, and the remaining four coming out on June 13. 

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