Single-Handed (TV series)

Single-Handed
RTÉ's promotional logo for Single-Handed 3: The Drowning Man (with Owen McDonnell as Sergeant Jack Driscoll)
GenreDrama
Written byBarry Simner
Directed byColm McCarthy (series 1)
Antony Byrne (series 2–3)
StarringOwen McDonnell[1]

Ian McElhinney[1]
Steve Blount[2]
Liam Carney[1]
Pádraic Delaney[2]
Bríain Gleeson[2]
David Herlihy[2]
Ann Marie Horan[2]
Nick Lee[2]
Ruth McCabe[3]
Michael McElhatton[2]
Charlene McKenna[1]
Laura Murphy[1]
Marcella Plunkett[2]
Gavin O'Connor[2]

Owen Roe[2]
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerElement Pictures/Touchpaper Television Productions
Running time47 min
Original release
NetworkRTÉ One
Release18 March 2007 (2007-03-18) –
12 December 2010 (2010-12-12)
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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.[4]

The series is partially inspired by garda corruption in County Donegal.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e "New Irish mystery comes to RTÉ One". RTÉ. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Single Handed returns to RTÉ One". RTÉ. 24 December 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  3. ^ "IFTA winners 2011". IFTA.ie. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Single-Handed returns to RTÉ One". RTÉ. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  5. ^ Coyle, Colin; Battles, Jan (28 June 2009). "Seen that RTÉ programme before? Probably..." The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 10 August 2009.