Paddywhackery On Weds

Filmbase alerts us to the fact that the new bilingual six-part comedy drama series, Paddywhackery, will air on TG4 on Wednesday, October 24th at 9.30pm.

Funded by TG4, the Sound & Vision Scheme of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and Section 481 funding, Paddywhackery was co-written by Daniel O'Hara and Paddy C Courtney, with Dough Productions' Grainne O'Carroll producing and Daniel O'Hara directing.

Director and co-writer Daniel O'Hara said, "People think the Irish language is all about Aran jumpers and Peig Sayers, but we wanted to make something that was relevant to and entertaining for an audience that doesn't necessarily speak Irish. I don't think that people have seen anything like this before on Irish television. There's a surreal quality to it and a sense of humour which is original. Because we've been lucky enough to have big stars like Fionnuala Flanagan and Frank Kelly on board I hope that results in people checking it out. I'm quite confident that if people have a look they'll want to see more."