{"id":10018,"date":"2020-02-28T10:07:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-frank-ireland\/"},"modified":"2020-02-28T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T15:07:10","slug":"channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 &amp; Amazon Studios Align for Frank of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 and Amazon Studios have teamed up to commission <em>Frank of Ireland<\/em>, a brand-new comedy series from Sharon Horgan (<em>Catastrophe<\/em>) and Clelia Mountford\u2019s Merman.<\/p>\n<p>Starring Brian Gleeson (<em>Peaky Blinders<\/em>, <em>The Bisexual)<\/em>, who penned the series with his brother Domhnall Gleeson (<em>The Revenant<\/em>, <em>Ex-Machina<\/em>) and Michael Moloney, <em>Frank of Ireland<\/em> follows the \u201cmisanthropic, narcissistic, fantasist\u201d 32-year-old Frank Marron. Living in Dublin with his mother Mary, he\u2019s a single, struggling musician finding it as difficult to get over his ex-girlfriend (Sarah Greene) as getting a paying gig. At his side through it all is his wingman Doofus (Domhnall Gleeson).<\/p>\n<p>A co-production between Channel 4 and Amazon Studios, <em>Frank of Ireland<\/em> is filming in Dublin and Belfast, with the transmission date on Channel 4 to be announced. The series will be available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Brian, Domhnall and Michael Moloney said: \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to work with MJ, Sharon and Clelia on this, our first and (we\u2019ve been told) last television series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merman co-founder Horgan added: \u201cWorking with the Gleeson Brothers has been like living in a very funny, existential dreamscape. I laughed so much making the pilot that it became annoying. So Clelia and I are very glad and relieved they still chose to make this series with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fiona McDermott, head of comedy at Channel 4, said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to welcome Domhnall and Brian to Channel 4 for their comedy debut. They are talented in ways Frank and his wildest dreams could only hope to emulate; we can\u2019t wait for viewers to see the unashamedly ridiculous and hilarious new show they\u2019ve created.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brad Beale, VP of worldwide content licensing at Amazon Studios, said: \u201c<em>Frank of Ireland<\/em> is smart, wholly original and incredibly funny. We\u2019re thrilled to work with Brian and Domhnall to bring our Prime Video customers this terrific new comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 and Amazon Studios have teamed up to commission Frank of Ireland, a brand-new comedy series from Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) and Clelia Mountford\u2019s Merman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":10019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2050,117,2365,1493,1628],"class_list":["post-10018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-studios","tag-channel-4","tag-frank-of-ireland","tag-merman","tag-sharon-horgan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Channel 4 &amp; Amazon Studios Align for Frank of Ireland - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel 4 &amp; Amazon Studios Align for Frank of Ireland - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Channel 4 and Amazon Studios have teamed up to commission Frank of Ireland, a brand-new comedy series from Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) and Clelia Mountford\u2019s Merman.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-28T15:07:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Channel4-619.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/\",\"name\":\"Channel 4 &amp; Amazon Studios Align for Frank of Ireland - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-28T15:07:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-28T15:07:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/02\/28\/channel-4-amazon-studios-align-for-frank-of-ireland\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Channel 4 &amp; Amazon Studios Align for Frank of Ireland\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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