Single-Handed (2007)

Directed by

Colm McCarthy

Genre

drama film

Country

Ireland

Length

4 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

18+

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police sergeant in a rural Irish community investigates crime and corruption. The show is set in a close-knit town where personal and professional lives collide.

troubledslow-burnatmosphericgrittymelancholiccharacter-drivenquietly intensebleak

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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