Summary:
This is one of the best British primetime shows ever seen on British television. The story follows people living in a village called Ballykissangel. Their hopes, fears, romances, mysteries, but mostly very calm stories without criminal acts and something similar are followed by million of viewers.
The show was first based on a life of Peter Clifford, a young priest that arrived to Ballykissangel and no one liked him at first, but later turned out to be great while trying to connect to Assumpta Fitzgerald. But, after three seasons, Stephen Thompkins who played Peter leaves the show.
Season four starts with new characters of which mostly important is a new priest that replaces Peter, Father Aidan O'Connell who just came out of monastery.
The show aired continuously by seasons from 1996 to 1999 and went into a break, just to return later in 2001 for one more season. There were 6 seasons and 57 episodes. In 1997 the show also had a Christmas Special episode.
Details
| Network: | BBC-1 , BBC , BBC One , BBC1 |
|---|---|
| Genre(s): | Drama |
| Seasons: | 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Gary Whelan | Brendan Kearney |
| Lorcan Cranitch | Sean Dillon (Season 4-5) |
| Owen Teale | Conor Devlin (Season 5) |
| Colin Farrell | Danny Byrne (Seasons 5-6) |
| Tony Doyle | Brian Quigley (Seasons 1-5) |
| Kate McEnery | Emma Dillon (Seasons 4-5) |
| Victoria Smurfit | Orla O'Connell (Seasons 4-5) |
| Catherine Cusack | Garda Frankie Sullivan [Seasons 5-6] |
| Katie Cullen | Grainne Dooley |
| Don Wycherley | Fr. Aidan O'Connell (Seasons 4-5) |
| Birdy Sweeney | Eamonn Byrne (Seasons 1-5) |
| Bosco Hogan | Dr. Michael Ryan |
| Niall Toibin | Fr. Frank McAnally |
| Owen Roe | Paul Dooley (Seasons 5-6) |
| Tina Kellegher | Niamh Quigley (Seasons 1-5) |
| Deirdre Donnelly | Siobhán Mehigan |
| Peter Hanly | Garda Ambrose Egan (Seasons 1-5) |
| Frankie McCafferty | Donal Doherty |
| Aine Ni Mhuiri | Kathleen Hendley |
| Joe Savino | Liam Coughlan |
| Marion Dwyer | Oonagh Dooley (Seasons 5-6) |
| Ciarán Owens | Dermot Dooley (Seasons 5-6) |
| Sam Farrar | Kieran Egan (Seasons 3-5) |
