Dublin Murders is a crime drama television series created by Sarah Phelps. It is based on the Dublin Murder Squad books by Tana French, commissioned by the BBC for BBC One and Starz, with RTÉ later joining the project. The first series, consisting of eight episodes, is adapted from In the Woods (2007) and The Likeness (2008).
The series premiered on BBC One on 14 October 2019, on RTÉ One on 16 October 2019, and on Starz on 10 November 2019.
Contents
Cast and characters
Main
Killian Scott as Rob Reilly
Sarah Greene as Cassie Maddox
Michael D'Arcy as Adam Reilly
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Frank Mackey
Eugene O'Hare as (Det.) Quigley
Moe Dunford as Sam O'Neill
Ellie O'Halloran as Jamie Rowan
Niall Jordan as Peter Savage
Ian Kenny as (Gda.) Phelan
Recurring
Conleth Hill as (Superintendent) O'Kelly
Peter McDonald as Jonathan Devlin
Amy Macken as Katy and Jessica Devlin
Leah McNamara as Rosalind Devlin
Jonny Holden as Damien Donnelly
Sam Keeley as Daniel March
Antonio Aakeel as Raphael "Rafe" Hyland
Charlie Kelly as Justin Mannering
Vanessa Emme as Abigail "Abby" Stone
Carolyn Bracken as Sandra Sculley
Alexandra Moen as Simone Cameron
Kathy Monahan as Margaret Devlin
Ericka Roe as Alannah Shorey
Florence Ordesh as Mel Royce
Ned Dennehy as pathologist
Production
Development
Dublin Murders was commissioned by British public service broadcaster BBC for BBC One, and Starz, with Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ later joining the project. Produced by Euston Films, a part of the Fremantle Media group, FremantleMedia International handles international rights. Sarah Phelps wrote the screenplay which is based on In the Woods and The Likeness, two books written by Tana French. Carmel Maloney produced the series. Sarah Phelps, Kate Harwood, Noemi Spanos, Ed Guiney, Alan Gasmer, Peter Jaysen, Elizabeth Kilgariff, Saul Dibb and Tommy Bulfin are executive producers.
In January 2020, it was reported that Starz was in talks for a second series.
Filming
Filming commenced in 2018 in Belfast and Dublin and continued in Dublin to late February 2019.
Broadcast
The series consists of eight episodes, and was also acquired by Starz for airing in the US and Canada, while StarzPlay holds broadcasting rights for Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Brazil. Dublin Murders debuted on BBC One on 14 October 2019, on RTÉ One on 16 October 2019, and on Starz on 10 November 2019. The series ended in the UK with episode 8, broadcast on 5 November 2019, watched by 4.58 million UK viewers.