Channel 4 and Amazon Studios’ Frank of Ireland airs tonight
Date Posted: April 15, 2021
Channel 4 and Amazon Studios are frankly gleeful to release Frank of Ireland, a brand-new series from Clelia Mountford and Sharon Horgan’s Merman starring Brian and Domhnall Gleeson. Partially filmed in Northern Ireland, the six-part series begins tonight at 10pm on Channel 4.
A co-production between Channel 4 and Amazon Studios, the series is the first comic vision penned by brothers Brian and Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney.
Frank of Ireland is a physical and ridiculous brand of humour with an original twist. Frank Marron, played by Brian Gleeson (Peaky Blinders, The Bisexual), is a 32-year-old catastrophe. A misanthropic, narcissistic, fantasist in arrested development who thinks the world owes him something. But, nonetheless, he’s our comedy hero. They don’t all wear capes, okay?!
Frank lives in Dublin with his mother Mary (Pom Boyd; Rosie, Rialto, Snakes and Ladders), and that’s fine. He is single and his pocket money hasn’t increased in a decade or more, but you know what?! That’s fine too. Frank is a musician, understood? He hasn’t written a song or played a gig in seven years and five months, but that is totally, 100% fine. His ex-girlfriend Aine (Sarah Greene; Dublin Murders, Rosie, Ransom) has a new boyfriend Peter-Brian (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor; Dublin Murders, Rialto, Avengers: Endgame) for the first time since they split, and Frank may be finding that a tad difficult, alright? When did they part, you ask? About seven years and five months ago, give or take a day, but that’s a total coincidence, just in case you’re wondering. It’s all absolutely fine. Frank is fine.
Frank is also fine because of his wingman (read gopher) Doofus, played by Domhnall Gleeson (The Revenant, Ex-Machina, The Force Awakens). Doofus foolishly thinks they are best friends and it’s his job to blow smoke up, facilitate and attempt to fix the relentless debris in Frank’s wake. It’s a big job for such a fellow.
