Father & Son (2009)

Directed by

Brian Kirk

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to Ireland after a long prison sentence in the UK. The story also follows his son and sister-in-law living in Manchester, with both lives connected through past events.

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What happens

Father & Son is a four-part Irish television crime thriller produced by Left Bank Pictures and Octagon Films. The series was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One and in the United Kingdom on ITV. Written by Frank Deasy, the serial depicts the return of Michael O'Connor (played by Dougray Scott) to his native Ireland, after spending several years imprisoned in the United Kingdom. A parallel storyline follows O'Connor's son and sister-in-law in Manchester. The serial was filmed entirely on location in Dublin and Wicklow from October to December 2008, with only minimal second-unit filming in Manchester. Father & Son was first broadcast on RTÉ One in June 2009 and has since received positive reaction from the Irish press. It was broadcast in the UK on the ITV network during June 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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