Upcoming season from RTÉ revealed with drama and new programming supported by Screen Ireland
Posted: 25th August 2022
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to welcome the upcoming season from RTÉ, with Irish drama, unique Irish stories, and Irish talent taking centre stage.
The new programme unveiled over 40 hours of brand new Irish drama, with multiple series proudly supported by Screen Ireland, including series 2 of internationally acclaimed Kin, as well as brand-new series North Sea Connection, The Dry, Clean Sweep, and the return of Smother for Series 3.
The Kinsella clan make an eagerly anticipated return for a second series of the internationally acclaimed Kin starring Claire Dunne, Aidan Gillen, and Charlie Cox, with production currently underway in Dublin. The new season will see the Kinsellas as top dogs in Dublin, with killing Eamon Cunningham having created as many problems as it solved. New comedy-drama The Dry, set in Dublin, written by Nancy Harris, and starring Roisin Gallagher, Moe Dunford, and Oscar-nominee Ciaran Hinds, tells a sometimes poignant and often hilarious tale of familial values and the lure of returning home. North Sea Connection is a contemporary thriller set within an isolated and traditional rural Irish fishing community in Connemara, starring Lydia McGuinness, Sinead Cusack, Kerr Logan and Alida Morberg.
New thriller Clean Sweep sees Charlene McKenna star in the lead role as a housewife married to a Garda detective who kills her former partner in crime when he threatens to expose her dark past. Smother with Dervla Kirwan is back for a third series set against the stunning vistas of county Clare.
In Young Peoples’ programming on RTÉjr and RTÉ2, RTÉjr solidifies its place as the home of Irish animation with brand new series such as Kiva Can do, Fia’s Fairies & Wee Littles in a stellar line-up of home-grown animation.
This year, Screen Ireland-supported initiative Storyland comes to RTÉ television for the first time with brand-new single dramas. Contemporary whodunnit Storyland: Balor Hall by Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair, an imaginative story about substance abuse and self-harm in Storyland: Mustard by Eva O’Connor, and Storyland: Every Five Miles by Sinead Collopy, which tells a powerful story about people trafficking in Ireland. There were an unprecedented number of Storyland applications this year, with RTÉ working with Screen Ireland in partnerships and collaborations to grow the Irish drama sector together.