S04 E01 “The Musical Society”

2018 Christmas Special

Premiered on RTÉ 2 on 24th Dec 2018

Held at gun point by paramilitaries Jimmy and Martin, and with their TV broken and house surrounded Bridget, Eamon and their neighbours must act out popular TV shows to keep the IRA entertained and stay alive. They might just get away with it as long as Jimmy doesn’t ask them to perform “Dirty Dancing”…


Written by
JASON BUTLER
BERNARD O’SHEA
JENNIFER ZAMPARELLI

Produced & Directed by
JASON BUTLER

Bridget
JENNIFER ZAMPARELLI

Eamon
BERNARD O’SHEA

Noreen
NORMA SHEAHAN

Concepta
SHARON MANNION

Frank
COLUM MCDONNELL

Fr. Gabriel
EDWIN SAMMON

Grainne
LAURA O’MAHONY

Jimmy
JOHN COLLEARY

Martin
PAT McDONNELL

Newsreader
MICHAEL JAMES FORD

Garda Paul
NEIL MOLLOY

Garda Ger
DANNY KEHOE

1st Assistant Director
CRAIG KENNY

2nd Assistant Director
GRAHAM KINNIBURGH

3rd Assistant Director
DECLAN BROPHY

3rd Assistant Director
STEPHEN FULLER

Trainee Assistant Directors
EIMEAR BREEN
MIKEY ANDREWS
JOHN LYONS

Production Manager
SHARON CRONIN

Production Coordinator
COLMÁN MAC CIONNAITH

Production Assistant
AOIFE O’SHEA

Script Supervisor
FIONA LANHAM

Focus Puller
GAVIN REILLY

Data Wrangler
CONOR FLEMING

Camera Trainee
NOEL MCELLIGOT

Gaffer
PAUL O’CONNOR

Lighting Trainee
PETER MORRISSEY

Lighting Trainee
SHEA WULFF

Locations Manager
DONOGH MCCARTHY-MORROW

Sound Recordist
AIDEN NORRIS

Boom Swinger
DAVID DOLAN

Trainee Sound
NAOISE MEEGAN

Production Designer
NEILL TREACY

Props Buyer
LAURA ELSTON

Dressing Props
MARTIN SHEPHERD

Standby Props
MEGAN BYRNE

Art Dept Trainee
EAMONN BROWN

Art Dept Trainee
REBEKAH KELLY

Graphic Designer
MAIREAD LAMBERT

Costume Designer
KATHY STRACHAN

Assistant Costume Designer
ZUZANA ZILKOVA

Wardrobe Supervisor
CIARA MCARTHY

Assistant Costume
ELEANOR HUNT

Make-up Designer
SUSAN KENNY

Assistant Make-up Artist
STEPHANIE KAVANAGH

Hair Designer
NIAMH GLYNN

Assistant Hair Artist
JESSICA WHELAN

BTS
IEVA GRIGAITE

Caterers
LOCATER

Stills Photographer
SOPHIA HARDING

Stunt Coordinator
LAUTERIO ZAMPARELLI

Health and Safety
GLENN FOX

Construction Manager
COLM BASSETT

Rigger
DANIEL WALSH

Carpenters
BILL BUCKLEY
MICK COYNE
DERMOT BUTLER

Stagehands
MARK BASSETT
MICKEY BYRNE
JASON KELLY

Painters
DARREN KEARNEY
MARK FORBES

Script Editor
JAMES CARY

Opening Titles
EMBERLIGHT

Music
JOHN BROE
DECLAN QUINN

Dance Choreographers
VALERIA MILOVA
VITALI KOZMIN

Colourist
GARY CURRAN

Assistant Editor
AARON MCGURGAN

Online Editor
ARNAUD RIGAUD

Post Production Supervisor
CIARA WALSH

Sound Editor
MICHELLE CUNNIFFE

Dubbing Mixer
KILLIAN FITZGERALD

Production Accountant
SUE HENDERSON

Solicitors
PHILIP LEE

Section 481 Finance
GRANT THORNTON

Extras
MOVIEEXTRAS.IE

Insurance Broker
MEDIA INSURANCE

Auditor
GRANT THORNTON

Line Producer
CORMAC FOX

Editor
JOHN PHILLIPSON

Director of Photography
ELEANOR BOWMAN

Executive Producer for RTÉ
JUSTIN HEALY

Executive Producer
BERNARD O’SHEA
JENNIFER ZAMPARELLI

Produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland

Filmed on Location in Ireland