Rebellion: Season 1

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RTÉ One | Sundance Channel | Season Premiere Date: January 3, 2016

Summary: Co-produced with RTÉ, the five-part miniseries dramatizes the 1916 Easter Rising for Ireland's independence from Britian through the eyes of three families.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E4. Surrender
Air Date: January 30, 2016
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S1:E3. The Reckoning
Air Date: April 26, 2016
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S1:E2. Under Siege
Air Date: April 25, 2016

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Gail Pennington

Apr 22, 2016

If this sounds merely soapy, know that by the third hour, the English are executing rebels via firing squad, shops are being looted, innocent urchins are shot down and battle lines have been drawn between lovers and families. Read full review

John Anderson

Apr 21, 2016

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the bloody event over three nights, this five-part series is a bit like the uprising itself: Under-strategized, perilously emotional, more than a little short-handed. Passion, however, is abundant. So is spectacular acting. Read full review

Vikram Murthi

Apr 22, 2016

Rebellion tries to do too much at once, but much like the Easter Rising itself, it’s the trying that deserves plenty of attention. Read full review

Mike Hale

Apr 22, 2016

In the three-night mini-series Rebellion, serious historical drama goes up against tedious soap opera, and the battle ends in more or less of a stalemate. Read full review

Joe McGovern

Apr 18, 2016

This unfocused three-night miniseries puts a dull Downton luster on gritty events. [22/29 Apr 2016, p.104]

Maureen Ryan

Apr 22, 2016

Rebellion clearly aims to create a wide array of viewpoints on this tense period in Irish history, but manages to sabotage itself regularly with questionable pacing and an ungainly bunch of under-developed characters. Read full review

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Thorus84

Feb 24, 2019

The first season was kind of a lame duck. The pacing wasn't good. Season 2 is quite better and a decent watch. I can endorse this show.

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thisone7747

Mar 31, 2019

A continuation of the anesthetizing, trivializing and fictionalizing of the Irish Rebellion from series one. In episode 4 totally and egregiously glosses over the killing of innocent football fans at Croke Park by the British.

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 6, 2019
Season 1

57
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 3, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E4. Surrender
  Air Date: January 30, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E3. The Reckoning
  Air Date: April 26, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E2. Under Siege
  Air Date: April 25, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E1. To Arms
  Air Date: April 24, 2016