Red Rock (TV series)
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| Genre |
Soap opera Crime drama |
| Created by | Peter McKenna |
| Starring |
Jane McGrath David Crowley Patrick Ryan Boyko Krastanov Andrea Irvine Valerie O'Connor Richard Flood Sean Mahon Chris Newman Conor Mullen India Mullen Denise McCormack Paul Roe Pandora McCormick Cathy Belton Stephen Cromwell Adam Weafer |
| Opening theme | "Red Rock" |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 124 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gareth Philips |
| Location(s) | Dublin |
| Running time |
60 Minutes (Ireland) |
| Production company(s) |
Element Pictures Company Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TV3 (Ireland) BBC One (United Kingdom) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 7 January 2015 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
60 Minutes (Ireland)
Red Rock is an Irish Drama set in a fictional seaside town near Dublin. It was first shown on TV3 on 7 January 2015, and is produced by Element Pictures and Company Pictures.
The show is based around Red Rock's local Garda Station. It also features two feuding families, the Kielys and the Hennessys, whose battles often involve them with the Gardaí. All episodes are filmed on location or in studios based at the old John Player Factory in Dublin. The show received eight nominations and won three awards, including Best Soap, at its very first IFTA awards in 2015.
It debuted on BBC One on 11 July 2016. Following the final episode of Series 1 on BBC One on September 2 2016, It has now been announced that Series 2 will air on BBC One in 2017.
Darren Kiely is found badly beaten on Red Rock Pier; he later dies from his injuries. This brings absent mother Bridget Kiely back into the lives of her children Katie and Keith, and husband Vincent. Michael Hennessy is the lead suspect for the assault; this re-ignites a feud between the Kielys and the Hennessys. To make the situation more complicated Michael's brother David is in a relationship with Katie, something he keeps secret from his solicitor sister Claire and overbearing mother Patricia.
Soon after Bridget comes home, she discovers a box of cash hidden in Darren's room. She keeps quiet about the cash and spends most of it. It's soon revealed that this cash was blackmail money Darren was receiving from David to keep his relationship with Katie secret. Darren was demanding more and more money, causing an angry confrontation between Darren and the Hennessy brothers which resulted in his death. A bitter and angry Michael revealed this to Katie who quickly ended the relationship and reported David's involvement with Darren's death to the gardaí. David is eventually cleared of all charges due to lack of evidence; he was just about to move on with his life when Katie tells him that she is pregnant and he's the father. They plan to travel to England for an abortion, funded and encouraged by Patricia but Vincent and Bridget think she should keep the baby. As series one ends we see Katie trying to decide whether she should get on the plane or not.
Garda Sharon Cleere is new to Red Rock garda station. Not long into investigating what happened the night Darren Kiely died she is scanning CCTV footage for the suspect when she sees Sergeant Brian McGonigle in a car kissing a teenage girl in a school uniform. Shocked and disgusted, she takes a copy of the footage and shows it to her partner, Garda Paudge Brennan. Paudge advises her to forget about it and leave it alone. Sharon decides to show the footage to Brian, telling him that an anonymous woman dropped it in. Brian explains that it was just a misunderstanding, thanks Sharon and keeps the footage.
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