Father & Son (TV serial)
| Father & Son | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime thriller |
| Written by | Frank Deasy |
| Directed by | Brian Kirk |
| Starring | Dougray Scott Sophie Okonedo Stephen Rea Ian Hart Reece Noi Wunmi Mosaku John Kavanagh Flora Montgomery |
| Composer | Harry Escott & Molly Nyman |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Andy Harries Frank Deasy James Flynn Morgan O'Sullivan |
| Producer | Michael Casey |
| Running time | 46 mins |
| Production companies | Left Bank Pictures Octagon Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ One |
| Release | 29 June – 20 July 2009 |
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.