Programme overview
Drama Series
*US Rights*
Season 1 | 5x60 (2016)
Network | SundanceTV
Executive Producers | Colin Teevan
Cast | Charlie Murphy (Philomena, '71), Ruth Bradley (Humans), Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful, Burnt)
A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising.The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.