- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
The first of three feature-length crime dramas based on Ken Bruen’s books introduces Iain Glen, forever patrolling the city’s streets in unbuttoned great coat and two-day beard, as a dishevelled Galway gumshoe.
Having left the Guards (the Irish police force) because he punched
a minister for speeding, Jack sets himself up as a finder, a seeker of lost people and a pursuer of lost causes. Whereupon a glamorous female client hires him to hunt for her teenage daughter. Is the girl’s fate connected to the teenage suicides that keep washing up on the city’s riverfront?
It’s a leisurely procedural but the Galway setting and the splendid cast of supporting roles (tramps, landlords, priests) give it plenty of character. Plus, Ralph Brown adds an edge to things as Taylor’s best friend – a painter with a colourful past.
About this programme
1/3. New series. The first of three feature-length dramas based on Ken Bruen's novels. Former garda Jack Taylor investigates the disappearance of a woman's teenage daughter, a task that leads him into the underworld of Galway City. When four bodies turn up in the river and Jack's favourite barman dies in mysterious circumstances, everything he believes in begins to unravel - making him question those closest to him. Starring Iain Glen, with Ralph Brown and Tara Breathnach.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jack Taylor
- Iain Glen
- Sutton
- Ralph Brown
- Anne Henderson
- Tara Breathnach
- Kate
- Nora-Jane Noone
- Sean
- Barry Cassin
- Fr Malachy
- Paraic Breathnach
- Lanpert
- David Heap
- Ford
- Bill Murphy
- Mrs Bailey
- Síghle Ní Chonail
Crew
- Director
- Stuart Orme
- Executive Producer
- Ralph Christians
- Executive Producer
- Klaus Bassiner
- Executive Producer
- Wolfgang Witt
- Producer
- Clodagh Freeman
- Writer
- Tom Collins
- Writer
- Anne McCabe
- Writer
- Ralph Christians
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