Dead Still

Dead Still is a six-part Irish-Canadian television drama series, which premiered on May 18, 2020 on Acorn TV and May 15, 2020 Citytv. The series is a co-production between Ireland's Deadpan Pictures and Canada's Shaftesbury Films and is written by John Morton, from a story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy, and directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace.

In 2021 Dead Still was nominated for 7 IFTAs at the 17th Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Drama and Best Director.

Premise

Dead Still follows Brock Blennerhasset, a well regarded photographer in 1880s Ireland who specialises in memorial portraiture – photographing the recently deceased – as he is drawn into a series of murders which appear to be linked to his work.

Cast

• Michael Smiley as Brock Blennerhasset
• Aidan O'Hare as Frederick Regan, an officer of the D.M.P.
• Eileen O'Higgins as Nancy Vickers, Brock's niece and an aspiring actress
• Kerr Logan as Conall Malloy, a gravedigger and Brock's assistant
• Jimmy Smallhorne as Cecil Carruthers
• Mark Rendall as Percy Cummins
• Martin Donovan as Bushrod Whacker
• Aoife Duffin as Betty Regan
• Peter Campion as Henry Vickers
• Rhys Dunlop as Ronnie Roper
• Fiona Bell as Abigail Vickers
• Gemma-Leah Devereux as Hanna Dubby
• Patrick FitzSymons as William Glendinning
• Jordanne Jones as Lily Molloy
• Laura Murray as Eva Lambert / The Ghost Queen
• Mary Murray as Aline Lambert
• Lynn Rafferty as Bessie Bulger
• Shane Lennon as Harry Farrelly
• John Morton as Ossie Burke
• Natalia Cooper as Vicenta

Episodes

References

External links

• Dead Still at IMDb
• Official website
• Dead Still at TV Guide