Jack Taylor
Channel 5, Thursday 21st Feb 9pm - 10:45pm
Repeat: Channel 5 +1 Today 10pmThe 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.
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 Jack TaylorIain Glen
SuttonRalph Brown
Anne HendersonTara Breathnach
KateNora-Jane Noone
Sean Barry Cassin
Fr Malachy Paraic Breathnach
Lanpert David Heap
Ford Bill Murphy
Mrs Bailey Síghle Ní Chonail
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
www.radiotimes.com
