Dublin Murders

Dublin Murders is a crime drama television series created by Sarah Phelps. It is based on the Dublin Murder Squad books by Tana French, commissioned by the BBC for BBC One and Starz, with RTÉ later joining the project. The first series, consisting of eight episodes, is adapted from In the Woods (2007) and The Likeness (2008).

Dublin Murders
Genre	Drama Crime
Created by	Sarah Phelps
Based on	In the Woods & The Likeness by Tana French
Screenplay by	Sarah Phelps
Directed by	Saul Dibb John Hayes Rebecca Gatward
Starring	Killian Scott Sarah Greene Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Moe Dunford Sam Keeley Antonio Aakeel
Theme music composer	Volker Bertelmann
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Sarah Phelps Kate Harwood Noemi Spanos Ed Guiney Alan Gasmer Peter Jaysen Elizabeth Kilgariff Saul Dibb Tommy Bulfin
Producer	Carmel Maloney
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Euston Films Veritas Entertainment Group Element Pictures
Original release
Network	BBC One (UK) RTÉ (Ireland)
Release	14 October (2019-10-14) – 5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)

Broadcast began on BBC One on 14 October 2019, on RTÉ One on 16 October 2019 and on Starz on 10 November 2019. The series ended in the UK with episode 8, broadcast on 5 November 2019, watched by 4.58 million UK viewers. In January 2020 it was reported that Starz was in talks for a second series. As of 2023,^[update] there has been no further news.^[1]

Cast

Main

• Killian Scott as Rob Reilly
• Sarah Greene as Cassie Maddox
• Michael D'Arcy as Adam Reilly
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Frank Mackey
• Eugene O'Hare as (Det.) Quigley
• Moe Dunford as Sam O'Neill
• Ellie O'Halloran as Jamie Rowan
• Niall Jordan as Peter Savage
• Ian Kenny as (Gda.) Phelan

Recurring

• Conleth Hill as (Superintendent) O'Kelly
• Peter McDonald as Jonathan Devlin
• Amy Macken as Katy and Jessica Devlin
• Leah McNamara as Rosalind Devlin
• Jonny Holden as Damien Donnelly
• Sam Keeley as Daniel March
• Antonio Aakeel as Raphael "Rafe" Hyland
• Charlie Kelly as Justin Mannering
• Vanessa Emme as Abigail "Abby" Stone
• Alexandra Moen as Simone Cameron
• Kathy Monahan as Margaret Devlin
• Ericka Roe as Alannah Shorey
• Florence Ordesh as Mel Royce
• Ned Dennehy as pathologist

Production

Development

Dublin Murders was commissioned by British public service broadcaster BBC for BBC One,^[2][3] and Starz,^[4] with Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ later joining the project. Produced by Euston Films, a part of the Fremantle Media group, FremantleMedia International handles international rights.^[3][5] Sarah Phelps wrote the screenplay which is based on In the Woods and The Likeness, two books written by Tana French.^[4][3] Carmel Maloney produced the series. Sarah Phelps, Kate Harwood, Noemi Spanos, Ed Guiney, Alan Gasmer, Peter Jaysen, Elizabeth Kilgariff, Saul Dibb and Tommy Bulfin are executive producers.^[4]

Filming

Filming commenced in 2018 in Belfast and Dublin^[6] and continued in Dublin to late February 2019.^[7]

Episodes

No.	Episode	Directed by [8]	Written by [8]	Original UK air date [9]	Original US air date [10]	UK viewers (millions) [11]
1	Episode 1	Saul Dibb	Sarah Phelps	14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)	10 November 2019	6.01
2	Episode 2	Saul Dibb	Sarah Phelps	15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)	17 November 2019	5.01
3	Episode 3	John Hayes	Sarah Phelps	21 October 2019 (2019-10-21)	24 November 2019	4.74
4	Episode 4	John Hayes	Sarah Phelps	22 October 2019 (2019-10-22)	1 December 2019	N/A (<4.59)[a]
5	Episode 5	Rebecca Gatward	Sarah Phelps	28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)	8 December 2019	N/A (<4.72)[a]
6	Episode 6	Rebecca Gatward	Chandni Lakhani	29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	15 December 2019	N/A (<4.72)[a]
7	Episode 7	John Hayes	Sarah Phelps	4 November 2019 (2019-11-04)	22 December 2019	4.63
8	Episode 8	John Hayes	Sarah Phelps	5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	29 December 2019	4.58

Broadcast

The series consists of eight episodes, and was also acquired by Starz for airing in the US and Canada, while StarzPlay holds broadcasting rights for Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Brazil.^[12] Dublin Murders debuted on BBC One on 14 October 2019,^[9] on RTÉ One on 16 October 2019,^[13] and on Starz on 10 November 2019.^[14]

Notes

1. Not reported in the weekly top 15 programmes for four-screen viewer ratings.

References

1. "Starz in Talks for Second Season of Irish Crime Drama 'Dublin Murders' – TCA". 15 January 2020.
2. "BBC - BBC One announces The Dublin Murders". BBC Media Centre.
3. "Dublin Murders". Euston Films (Fremantle). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
4. "BBC - Killian Scott and Sarah Greene lead Dublin Murders - Media Centre". BBC.
5. "Irish stars out to solve Dublin Murders in new series". RTÉ. 4 December 2018.
6. "Dublin Murders - Euston Films". eustonfilms.tv.
7. "Wave of murders to hit Dublin as BBC films new cop drama". Independent.ie. 26 February 2019.
8. "Dublin Murders – Crew". Starz. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
9. Griffiths, Eleanor Bley (2 October 2019). "When is Dublin Murders on TV? Who is in the cast – and what is it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
10. "Dublin Murders – Listings". The Futon Critic.
11. "Four-screen dashboard". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.
12. Ramos, Dino-Ray (3 December 2018). "Starz Acquires Crime Drama Dublin Murders".
13. "Tom Vaughan-Lawlor 'jumped' at Dublin Murders role". RTÉ. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
14. "Video: Starz Announces Premiere Date for Original Series "Dublin Murders" on November 10th with Official Trailer and Key Art". The Futon Critic. 10 September 2019.

External links

• Dublin Murders at BBC Online
• Dublin Murders at IMDb