Dead Still

Dead Still is a six-part Irish-Canadian television drama series, which premiered on May 18, 2020 on Acorn TV and May 15, 2020 Citytv.[1] The series is a co-production between Ireland's Deadpan Pictures and Canada's Shaftesbury Films and is written by John Morton, from a story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy, and directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace.[2][3][4]

Dead Still
Genre
Written byJohn Morton
Story byJohn Morton
Imogen Murphy
Directed byImogen Murphy
Craig David Wallace
Country of originIreland
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersPaul Donovan
Christina Jennings
Production companiesDeadpan Pictures
Shaftesbury Films
Release
Original networkAcorn TV
Citytv
Original releaseMay 15, 2020 (2020-05-15) 
present

In 2021 Dead Still was nominated for 7 IFTAs at the 17th Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Drama and Best Director.

Premise

Dead Still follows Brock Blennerhasset, a well regarded photographer in 1880s Ireland who specialises in memorial portraiture – photographing the recently deceased – as he is drawn into a series of murders which appear to be linked to his work.

Cast

  • Michael Smiley as Brock Blennerhasset[1]
  • Aidan O'Hare as Frederick Regan, an officer of the D.M.P.
  • Eileen O'Higgins as Nancy Vickers, Brock's niece and an aspiring actress[4]
  • Kerr Logan as Conall Malloy, a gravedigger and Brock's assistant[4]
  • Jimmy Smallhorne as Cecil Carruthers
  • Mark Rendall as Percy Cummins
  • Martin Donovan as Bushrod Whacker
  • Aoife Duffin as Betty Regan
  • Peter Campion as Henry Vickers
  • Rhys Dunlop as Ronnie Roper
  • Fiona Bell as Abigail Vickers
  • Gemma-Leah Devereux as Hanna Dubby
  • Patrick FitzSymons as William Glendinning
  • Jordanne Jones as Lily Molloy
  • Laura Murray as Eva Lambert / The Ghost Queen
  • Mary Murray as Aline Lambert
  • Lynn Rafferty as Bessie Bulger
  • Shane Lennon as Harry Farrelly
  • John Morton as Ossie Burke
  • Natalia Cooper as Vicenta

Episodes

No.Title[5]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date[6]
1"Photochemistry"Imogen MurphyJohn MortonMay 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)
2"Development"Imogen MurphyJohn MortonMay 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)
3"Daguerreotype"Imogen MurphyJohn MortonMay 25, 2020 (2020-05-25)
4"Camera Obscura"Craig David WallaceJohn MortonJune 1, 2020 (2020-06-01)
5"Snuff"Craig David WallaceJohn MortonJune 8, 2020 (2020-06-08)
6"Only Memories Remain"Imogen MurphyJohn MortonJune 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)

References


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