Frank of Ireland

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Frank of Ireland
Genre Comedy
Created by
Starring
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Sharon Horgan
  • Clelia Mountford
Production locations Belfast, Dublin [1]
CinematographyJames Mather
Running time23–25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release16 April 2021 (2021-04-16) 
present (present)

Frank of Ireland is an Irish comedy television series created by brothers Brian Gleeson and Domhnall Gleeson, and Michael Moloney. It premiered in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on 15 April 2021 [2] and Australia, Canada and the United States on Amazon Prime on 16 April 2021. [3] [4]

Contents

Premise

Frank Marron is a thirty-something unemployed man-child living with his mother, Mary. Frank continues to keep his hopes alive for a singer/songwriter career, but he excels only at manipulatively ruining things for his improbably loyal best friend, Doofus, and dragging down his on-again-off-again girlfriend, Áine. The show is set in a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. [5]

Cast and characters

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [6] U.K. viewers
(millions)
1"You Talkin' to Meath?" MJ Delaney Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson & Michael Moloney15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)N/A
2"We Need to Talk about Kevin Costner"MJ DelaneyDomhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson & Michael Moloney15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)N/A
3"James Caan't"MJ DelaneyDomhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson & Michael Moloney15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)N/A
4"A Good Few Angry Women"MJ DelaneyDomhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson & Michael Moloney15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)N/A
5"Guitar Nero"MJ DelaneyDomhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson & Michael Moloney15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)N/A
6"Memento Mary"MJ DelaneyDomhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson & Michael Moloney15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)N/A

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