Single-Handed: The Stolen Child
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RTÉ's promotional logo for Single-Handed 3: The Drowning Man (with Owen McDonnell as Sergeant Jack Driscoll)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Barry Simner |
| Directed by | Colm McCarthy (series 1) Antony Byrne (series 2–3) |
| Starring |
Owen McDonnell |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Element Pictures/Touchpaper Television Productions |
| Running time | 47 min |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTÉ One |
| Original release | 18 March 2007 – 12 December 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Owen McDonnell
Ian McElhinney
Steve Blount
Liam Carney
Pádraic Delaney
Bríain Gleeson
David Herlihy
Ann Marie Horan
Nick Lee
Ruth McCabe
Michael McElhatton
Charlene McKenna
Laura Murphy
Marcella Plunkett
Single-Handed is an Irish television drama series, first broadcast on RTÉ Television in 2007. Set and filmed in the west of Ireland, it focuses on the life of a member of the Garda Síochána (police), Sergeant Jack Driscoll (played by Owen McDonnell). Three two-episode, single-story series aired one each on consecutive nights in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Series Four, consisting of three stories told over six episodes, began in RTÉ One November 2010.
The series is partially inspired by garda corruption in County Donegal.
The first series was shot in October 2006. It was directed by Colm McCarthy; the second and third by Antony Byrne. Barry Simner wrote the screenplay. It was co-produced by Touchpaper Television Productions and Element Pictures. Clare Alan also produced the third series.
In 2009, all three series were broadcast in the United Kingdom on the ITV1 network, as double-length, two-hour episodes on three consecutive Sundays, from 2–16 August.
Series 4 began broadcasting on RTÉ One on Sunday, 7 November 2010. It was shown in the UK on ITV1 from Thursday, 14 July 2011.
Owen McDonnell was given the lead role of Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll after receiving a call from casting director Maureen Hughes. Appearing onstage in The Lieutenant of Inishmore in the Town Hall, Galway at the time, McDonnell, alongside two other cast members, left for Dublin to read a script for the original Single-Handed director Colm McCarthy. He was given the lead role one day later.
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