Hardy Bucks
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| Also known as | Hardy Bucks Ride Again |
| Written by | Martin Maloney, Chris Tordoff, Owen Colgan, Tom Kilgallon, Peter Cassidy, Mike Cockayne |
| Starring | Martin Maloney Owen Colgan Peter Cassidy Tom Kilgallon Chris Tordoff |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Producer(s) | Mike Cockayne |
| Running time | 26 minutes per episode (TV) 9 minutes per webisode |
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| Original network | RTÉ Two |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 19 October 2008 |
Hardy Bucks is an Irish media series, filmed in mockumentary style and following the fictional exploits of a group of young Irishmen living in small-town Ireland.
It started out as a series of largely improvised online. A six-part webisode series went on to win the 2009 Storyland competition held by Irish national broadcaster RTÉ Television.
In January 2009, Hardy Bucks was shortlisted into the top ten of RTÉ's Storyland Project. A total of 122 applications participated in the new competition. After a successful pitching round, Hardy Bucks was one of nine projects that were commissioned to make one episode. According to Poll Daddy, (Irish internet Poll server) votes poured in from across the globe. In September 2009 it was announced that Hardy Bucks had won Storyland.
September 2007, with a full cast of actors Martin Maloney, Chris Tordoff, Owen Colgan, Tom Kilgallon, Peter Cassidy, formed the core group of Hardy Bucks. After borrowing camera from equipment from BCFE and help from friends and family, they shot Hardy Bucks Episodes 1-3. After sitting on the footage for a year, Tordoff uploaded the shorts to YouTube.
Hardy Bucks was entered into the RTÉ Storyland competition and from a total of 122 applications to participate in the competition, nine projects were commissioned to make one episode each. These episodes were released in March 2009. With all nine projects on the website, the public could vote for their favourite and at the end of every month the shows with the lowest amount of votes would be voted off, leaving the remaining teams to make the next episode with the same €8,000 budget per episode, ultimately the team with the largest amount of votes between the two finalists wins the competition.
The programme has been compared to Trailer Park Boys, a Canadian mockumentary, with Tordoff citing the show as an influence. The show was filmed on location in Swinford, County Mayo.
In May 2010 director Mike Cockayne joined as a writer and producer. The Hardy Bucks have filmed a Christmas special and second series with director Liz Gill.
Irish Comedy series Created by Mike Cockayne was commissioned and broadcast by RTÉ from 12 October 2010 until 26 October 2010. Following the success of their debut television series, the Hardy Bucks were commissioned by RTÉ to produce a half-hour Christmas special which aired on 26 December 2010.
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