{"id":18122,"date":"2023-01-20T09:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-acquires-irish-crime-thriller-north-sea-connection\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T13:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:11:22","slug":"bbc-acquires-irish-crime-thriller-north-sea-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-acquires-irish-crime-thriller-north-sea-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Acquires Irish Crime Thriller North Sea Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has picked up the Irish crime drama <em>North Sea Connection<\/em>, which will debut on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer next month.<\/p>\n<p>The six-part series, written by Mark Greig (<em>Marcella<\/em>, <em>Bulletproof<\/em>), is a story of complex family dynamics set against a dramatic Irish landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The drama was made by Mopar Studios for RT\u00c9 and Viaplay and was licensed by A+E Networks International.<\/p>\n<p>Lydia McGuinness (<em>Her Name Is<\/em>, <em>Wild Mountain Thyme<\/em>), Kerr Logan (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>Showtrial<\/em>), Sin\u00e9ad Cusack (<em>V For Vendetta<\/em>, <em>Eastern Promises<\/em>), Claes Ljungmark (<em>The Keeper of Lost Causes<\/em>, <em>Arne Dahl<\/em>), D\u00f3nall \u00d3 H\u00e9alai (<em>Arracht<\/em>, <em>Foscadh<\/em>), Jeanne Nicole N\u00ed \u00c1inle (<em>Bad Sisters<\/em>, <em>Holy Island<\/em>), Alida Morberg (<em>Clark, Sensoria<\/em>) and Natalie Simpson (<em>Outlander<\/em>, <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>) star.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Deeks, head of BBC program acquisition, said: &#8220;Set amongst the stunning scenery of West Coast Ireland, <em>North Sea Connection<\/em> is a dark and brooding thriller that will keep BBC viewers totally absorbed until the very end.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has picked up the Irish crime drama North Sea Connection, which will debut on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5847,396,769,5848,5849,5850,5851,5852,5853,5854,5855,5856],"class_list":["post-18122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alida-morberg","tag-bbc-four","tag-bbc-iplayer","tag-claes-ljungmark","tag-donall-o-healai","tag-jeanne-nicole-ni-ainle","tag-kerr-logan","tag-lydia-mcguinness","tag-mark-greig","tag-natalie-simpson","tag-sinead-cusack","tag-sue-deeks","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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