Clean Break - RTE.

Hollister11

Clean Break, is a new four part drama series due to air on RTE from September 28th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RSQcyw1XY0

So, what do you think of the trailer ?

Could this be another drama that the nation falls in love with like Love/Hate.
Or will this prove to be a waste of money by RTE.

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RSQcyw1XY0

Irish Fargo

Atlantic Dawn

It better be mad and not tamed down for sunday night Glenroe audience.

BuilderPlumber

From the trailer, it looks to be good. With the absence of Love/Hate this year, I hope this series lives up to that standard. The Glenroe curse I think influenced Irish drama for too long and that's why we got half cooked fare like The Big Bow Wow and Trouble in Paradise that sort of pointed in the right direction but were afraid to go all the way and ended up very poor.

Love/Hate changed Irish drama and set the bar and broke the glenricular curse. Clean Break will no doubt be a sort of reworking of Love/Hate. It looks good and hopefully it does not disappoint.

s8n

I think they should bring back Glenroe tbh

BuilderPlumber

s8n wrote: »

I think they should bring back Glenroe tbh

Whatever one thinks of it, Glenroe was a series that worked in its day and indeed, was probably good in its early series. Later on, it became stale and the original writers had moved on from it.

Bringing it back now would probably not work. Since the series was based so much on the Mick Lally and Joe Lynch characters and since those two actors are dead, it would not be the same. As well as this, Mary McEvoy's character was killed off in the series too. Other characters were also killed off in it and a lot of the other actors are probably dead by now too. Bringing back Miley and Biddy's children and cameo roles by Emmet Bergin, etc. would be one way to do it but it would be a different series.

But what if Glenroe actually did survive past 2001 and was broadcast up until say 2014? The most likely way it would have gone is like Emmerdale. Gone would be statements like Well holy god and Are there antin stirrin and it would take in influences from Love/Hate and so on. Rural criminality and dissident republicanism would come into it and who knows, even Fran the man might surface in his caravan! Just look at how Fair City evolved for a comparison of where Glenroe would be at if it survived to this day or to recent years.

But back to Clean Break. The current audience of course want series to be like Love/Hate. Whether Clean Break and other future dramas inspired by Love/Hate will be as good or as popular remains to be seen. I am looking forwad to Clean Break and very soon we will see if it is a second Love/Hate or a second Big Bow Wow.

hatrickpatrick

Starts this Sunday in Love/Hate's old slot. It's looking interesting - the guys who wrote it gave a recent interview and explained that the cool thing about using a smaller town as a setting instead of a big city is that you can portray characters having hidden connections to eachother going back generations a bit more realistically. So it could be highly tense if they play it right.

The Black Oil

Happy Valley, anyone?

delahuntv

Same producers as love/hate so it should be good - they didn't pander to the pc brigade in love/hate, so I'd expect decent drama without need of toning down.

I still expect the usual naysayers whining and coming out with classics such as "he came our of dunnes and next second he was outside jimmys pub a mile away - i know cos i live there" type comments

Atlantic Dawn

Bit of a brutal start to the promoting of the show, they had no guests on either LLS or RDS. I would say they will have them on next week when they are an episode in where if you missed the first episode it would be a waste of time, much the same way they put rugby guests on LLS and RDS when there's actually live rugby on. Scheduling on RTÉ is criminally rubbish.

mzungu

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Whatever one thinks of it, Glenroe was a series that worked in its day and indeed, was probably good in its early series. Later on, it became stale and the original writers had moved on from it.

Agree. It was a product of its day. It's best it be left there.

But what if Glenroe actually did survive past 2001 and was broadcast up until say 2014? The most likely way it would have gone is like Emmerdale. Gone would be statements like Well holy god and Are there antin stirrin and it would take in influences from Love/Hate and so on. Rural criminality and dissident republicanism would come into it and who knows, even Fran the man might surface in his caravan! Just look at how Fair City evolved for a comparison of where Glenroe would be at if it survived to this day or to recent years.

You can just be sure that if they were still showing Glenroe, they would have made the theme tune all modern and had it resembling a 80s Europop track in an attempt to shake it up and be down with the kids.

Atlantic Dawn

Starts in half an hour, hopefully it's good.

Charlie19

I'll a have a look at this.

Sure there is f**k all else on.

somesoldiers

Here goes

JONJO THE MISER

What town is this set in?

Ted_YNWA

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

What town is this set in?

based in Wexford, was filmed end of last year.

Shifty Shellshock

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

What town is this set in?

Wexford

Badabing

Wexford town brother

Atlantic Dawn

The car dealers looks like a place in Dublin, I could be wrong.

JONJO THE MISER

What the **** was the pit boss gawking at, if i was playing there id ask him can i help you or would you mind.

Mr.Crinklewood

What was that last male actor in?

Recognise the voice

Hollister11

Not impressed at all.

baldbear

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

The car dealers looks like a place in Dublin, I could be wrong.

Beshoffs Howth.

castletownman

Sunny South East my ass. Showing nothing but dreary rainy shots of Wexford Town.

Now it was understandable Love Hate having Dublin look grim as not even Hollywood could doll that up, with Wexford? Come on now!

caviardreams

Anyone know what else the friend of the girl who saw the dead body being dumped was in?? It's really annoying me that I can't remember

Tompatrick

More Amber like sh1te it appears

somesoldiers

The bank manager lad was the baddie in Mr Selfridge, Lord Loxley, never knew he was Irish

Ted_YNWA

caviardreams wrote: »

Anyone know what else the friend of the girl who saw the dead body being dumped was in?? It's really annoying em that I can' remember

Kelly Thornton she was in Love Hate too

Atlantic Dawn

The wife on the deeds was how you would keep your house when your business folded, lots did it.

Mr.Crinklewood

If he doesn't own the cars in the showroom, how can the bank take them?

caviardreams

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Kelly Thornton she was in Love Hate too

No I meant the male guy - her friend. But thanks a million, she looked familiar too!

somesoldiers

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

If he doesn't own the cars in the showroom, how can the bank take them?

I guess the writers have a loose grasp on banking law

somesoldiers

The Black Oil wrote: »

Happy Valley, anyone?

Similar plot unfolding alright

jd

caviardreams wrote:

No I meant the male guy - her friend. But thanks a million, she looked familiar too!

Think he was in Raw, a couple of years ago.

JONJO THE MISER

Casino money.

caviardreams

jd wrote: »

Think he was in Raw, a couple of years ago.

That's it! Thanks - you put me out of my misery! :pac::pac:

somesoldiers

Keep all in the house, send the da in to the bank Mon morning to clean the vault....isn't that how it usually works? This will get messy

baldbear

This is a poor mans happy valley. So obvious what was going to happen there with the little girl.

Atlantic Dawn

Feckin stamp collector.

Shifty Shellshock

Ah it got going there near the end! Next week might be decent. The characters aren't too bad. Nice to have an Irish drama not set in Dublin lately.

secondattempt

Enjoyed the last few minutes!

Ted_YNWA

secondattempt wrote: »

Enjoyed the last few minutes!

The stamp collection, or Danny giving himself away ?

castletownman

The actor playing the bank manager is dreadful.

The conversation he had on the phone with the wife, and the one after with the police, were terribly acted out. Same monotonous voice, no emotion and bad timing.

secondattempt

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

The stamp collection, or Danny giving himself away ?

The bit of excitement in the woods!

somesoldiers

I liked it. An odd choice by the 2 kidnappers to chase after Danny...wouldn't it have been more usual to just shoot the young one, in fact shoot her and the mam....sever all links...maybe Irish kidnappers are still decent lads

Mr E

Wasn't bad!

2ndcoming

Pants. That's all I can say really. Very disappointing.

JONJO THE MISER

7/10.

Hitchens

Why t f do they have to have that mood 'music' constantly playing in the background?

Hitchens

Ah right, I'm watching it on +1

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Look the concept and overall storyline is decent enough, but unfortunately the dialogue is neither clever nor witty, the characters aren't particularly likeable or memorable, and it's not quite edgy enough for what it wants to achieve.

In a way we've been spoilt by Love/Hate and The Fall because at least we know that there can be good quality Irish Dramas that can compete with the rest of the world, but Clean Break isn't quite in the same league and just lacks that certain punch we've come to expect from Sunday's primetime slot.