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Irish drama ‘Red Rock’ Starts on BBC One Today
11 Jul 2016 :
Award-winning TV3 drama ‘Red Rock’ starts on BBC One today Monday 11th July at 1.45pm

Set around a busy police precinct in a fictional seaside town just outside of Dublin, Red Rock follows the Hennessys and the Kielys, two local warring families and the police that come between them. When a bloodied and lifeless body is found on the pier, a longstanding dormant feud between the two families is brutally reignited.

Commissioned by TV3, the show is executive produced by Ed Guiney of Element Pictures and John Yorke of Angel Station (previously Company Pictures). The drama has been a great success for TV3, part of the Virgin Media Group and was acquired by the BBC via All3Media International. Since launching in January 2015, the series has also been sold to Amazon Prime in the US and has won critical acclaim as well as numerous awards at the prestigious IFTA Awards.

Speaking outside of the BBC, ahead of its launch in the UK, Dan McGolpin, Controller of BBC Daytime, said: “I watched a few episodes [of Red Rock] and once I’d watched two/three episodes, I was hooked. It was really high quality. The acting is fantastic, the plots, the characters, the storylines. It’s just something I think our viewers will really enjoy. It’s going to be fascinating to see how our viewers react.”

Pat Kiely, TV3 Group Managing Director, said: “This is a huge day for TV3, a huge day for Red Rock, and a huge credit to the production team and the cast behind Red Rock, that the BBC has chosen Red Rock as a key part of its daytime summer schedule. Red Rock has now probably become one of Ireland’s most successful television exports.” Speaking outside the BBC, actress Cathy Belton said: “I think from day one Red Rock went out to make this something very, very special. I think it has great pedigree. There’s a combination of wonderful producers, Ed Guiney in Element Pictures, John Yorke’s Angel Station and a combination of amazing writers and amazing storylines, a hugely talented cast and crew and I think that’s a great collaboration of stuff.”

Sean Mahon (Sergeant Brian McGonigle) said: “It could not be more exciting. I think it’s an auspicious occasion for Irish television and for TV3 especially, and for our show Red Rock which we created as a little jewel that was ours and has now become something that we’re selling to the world. It’s one of those great, great moments that we are all very proud of.”

Written and created by Peter McKenna (The Musketeers, The Living And The Dead, EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City) and directed by Matt Carter (Holby City), Rob and Ronan Burke (Roy) and others, Red Rock works with over 30 script writers, including well-known names such as Kim Revill (Eastenders), Tim Loane (Minder/Teachers) and Tom Needham (Casualty).

Its impressive cast list includes Sean Mahon (Philomena, Jack Taylor), Cathy Belton (Philomena, Roy, The Tiger’s Tale), Richard Flood (Killing Kennedy), Andrea Irvine (The Boxer, Evelyn, Ella Enchanted), Denise McCormack (1,000 Times Goodnight), Liam Carney (Gangs Of New York, Braveheart), Paul Roe (Veronica Guerin) and Jane McGrath (Game Of Thrones).

‘Red Rock’ airs tomorrow (Monday 11th July) at 1.45pm on BBC One

The series returns to Irish viewers this September on TV3





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