Smother (TV series)

Smother
Genre
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Written by
  • Kate O'Riordan
  • Tom Farrelly
  • Daniel Cullen
  • Ursula Rani Sarma
  • Sonya Kelly
  • Sinéad Collopy
  • Nessa Wrafter
  • Marcus Fleming
Directed by
  • Dathaí Keane
Starring
ComposerJohn McPhillips
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producers
  • Michael Parke
  • Kate O'Riordan
  • Tom Sherry
Producers
  • Rebecca O'Flanagan
  • Robert Walpole
Production locationsLahinch, County Clare, Ireland
CinematographyCathal Watters
EditorsDermot Diskin, John O'Connor
Production companies
Original release
NetworkRTÉ One
Release7 March 2021 (2021-03-07) –
12 March 2023 (2023-03-12)
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Smother is an Irish thriller drama television series written by Kate O'Riordan and directed by Dathaí Keane.[1] It stars Dervla Kirwan as Val Ahern, a mother who is determined to protect her family at any cost.[2] The series is produced by BBC Studios and Treasure Entertainment for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, and premiered on 7 March 2021 on RTÉ One. A second series was announced in April 2021 and had its premiere on RTÉ One on 9 January 2022. It aired in the UK by Alibi in June 2021. The show then premiered on Peacock in the US on July 1, 2021. The second season premiered on April 28, 2022. The series airs in Norway on TV2.[3] In August 2022, it was confirmed that the series would end at the end of the third season. The third and final series began airing on 6 February 2023.

  1. ^ "'Spanish Princess' Writer Kate O'Riordan's Noir Thriller 'Smother' To Be BBC Studios' First Show For RTÉ". Deadline Hollywood. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ "'The Stranger' Star Dervla Kirwan Leads Cast For Irish Thriller 'Smother' From 'Spanish Princess' Writer". Deadline Hollywood. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Smother | TV Guide". VG TV-guide.