IRISH COMEDIAN Dara Ó Briain has been announced as the host for a brand new TV quiz show with a breathtaking cash prize up for grabs. A one-million-pound jackpot is up for grabs in Channel 4’s newest quiz, One & Six Zeros, which will kick off with a six-episode series in which teams of three players start with £1,000,000 and must answer seven general knowledge questions correctly to keep the jackpot intact.
Comedian and creator of THIS WAY UP, Aisling Bea. She talks about her childhood in an Irish horsing community, being raised almost entirely by women, becoming successful later in life – and the comfort foods that have seen her through. She also turns the tables on Grace, subjecting the host’s fridge to a Ready Steady Cook challenge.
MODERN LOVE‘S unique tales may come from the New York Times column of the same name, but the Amazon Prime Video anthology wouldn’t be what it is without showrunner, writer, and director John Carney. Best known for films such as ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN, and SING STREET, the Dublin, Ireland native is bringing a taste of his hometown to the romantic series as stories venture outside of New York City and the United States in Season 2.
“When you meet people randomly around the world and they know you’re from the country, they instantly go, ‘Oh my God, it’s so beautiful there. What was it like growing up?’ That’s just a given. I grew up about six miles outside of Belfast. Nothing affects me more than when I go home. It’s totally deep within my soul,” he opined.
THE DECEIVED is a thriller set in an imposing, downright creepy house amid the raw wilderness of rural County Donegal, Ireland, and tells the story of Ophelia, an English student who falls for her married lecturer, Irishman Michael.
SOPHIE: A MURDER IN WEST CORK is now on Netflix. A shocking murder in rural Ireland sets off an increasingly convoluted quest for justice that spans decades and cuts across national borders.
BRIDGERTON star Nicola Coughlan and BEHIND HER EYES actor Eve Hewson are among five Irish nominees battling it out for the Irish Film & Television Academy’s (IFTA) Rising Star award. Rounding out the five are writer and director Cathy Brady (WILDFIRE), writer and actor Clare Dunne (HERSELF) and writer, director and producer Paddy Slattery (BROKEN LAW).
THE ICE ROAD is Neeson’s latest film, arriving this week on Netflix, and it continues his career’s somewhat improbable second act as an action hero. Neeson stars here as Mike McCann, a trucker who is one of several drivers recruited to transport three large, heavy drills to a remote northern Canada mine in order to free miners trapped in a collapse.