Jack Taylor (TV Series)
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Ken Bruen |
| Written by | Marteinn Thorisson Marcus Fleming |
| Directed by | Stuart Orme |
| Starring |
Iain Glen Killian Scott Nora-Jane Noone Siobhán O'Kelly Paraic Breathnach Jack Monaghan |
| Composer(s) | Colin Towns |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Ralph Christians Richard Price Dirk Schweitzer |
| Producer(s) | Clodagh Freeman |
| Location(s) | Galway, Ireland; Bremen, Germany |
| Running time | 90–100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Magna Films |
| Distributor | TV3 Television Network |
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| Original network | TV3 |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 2 August 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| Jack Taylor Films | |
Jack Taylor is an Irish mystery television drama based on the novels by Ken Bruen . Set in Galway, the program features Iain Glen in the eponymous role of Jack Taylor, a former officer with the Garda Síochána (national police) who becomes a "finder" (private investigator) after leaving the service. Taylor looks for clues others have overlooked. He also knows the streets of his hometown like the back of his hand.
Set in Galway, the series is based on Ken Bruen's crime novels and features Iain Glen as the leading character, Jack Taylor, an old-school detective, and a maverick who often drinks much more than is good for him. After he is sacked from the Gardaí (the Irish police force) for assaulting a politician he had stopped for a traffic violation, Jack begins to work as a private investigator, reluctantly taking on cases the police will not investigate. According to the series' voiceover, there are no private eyes in Ireland–"It's too close to being an informant – a dodgy concept"–though in reality there are many private investigators in Ireland. Jack soon realises his experience suits him in his new role. He is aided in his investigations by his contacts, including some of his former Gardaí colleagues, notably Officer Kate Noonan.
The first Jack Taylor film, The Guards, received its television debut on Ireland's TV3 on 2 August 2010. It was later shown on Canvas in Belgium with Dutch subtitles, and received its first UK broadcast on Channel 5 on 21 February 2013. Following The Guards, two further films, The Pikemen and The Magdalene Martyrs, were recorded and aired in September 2011. In November 2011 the Irish Film and Television Network reported that a further two films, The Dramatist and Priest, were in production, and that Noone and Scott would once again join Glen, reprising their roles. Aaron Monaghan, Emma Eliza Regan and Gavin Drea would also join the cast.The Dramatist aired on TV3 on 3 March 2013, with Priest debuting a week later. Filming for Shot Down, the sixth episode of the series, and billed as the season one finale, began on 7 June 2013. The film is based on Bruen's novel The Killing of the Tinkers. All six episodes are available on Netflix Streaming as of 19 February 2014.
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