Distributor:
Cinema Club - 2|Entertain Certificate: PG | 300
minutes Available to buy Extras: No
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Stephen
Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan, Tony Doyle, Niall Tobin, Tina Kellegher,
Peter Hanly, Gary Whelan, Peter Caffrey
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Almost
the very definition of cosy
Sunday Night primetime viewing
Ballykissangel, created by
Tomorrows World presenter Kieran
Prenderville, is a wonderful
slice of Irish blarney.
The
excellent Stephen Tompkinson plays an English catholic priest, Father
Peter Clifford, who is posted to the church of St Josephs in the idyllic
Southern Ireland town of Ballykissangel (real life Avoca), at first
he’s a real fish out of water learning the ways of the eccentric
villagers and not least his immediate supervisor, the wily Father
MacAnally (the brilliant Niall Tobin); Tony Doyle as the entrepreneurial
town big wig Brian Quigley also has a major presence in the show as does
Dervla Kirwan as Assumpta Fitzgerald, owner of the local bar – it’s
actually the relationship that develops between herself and father
Clifford that lies at the heart of the series, nothing is expressed in
this first season but a meaningful glance goes a long way.
Ballykissangel
is a wonderful show full of gorgeous scenery, quirky plots and
marvellous characters, this Cinema Club release contains the whole of
the first series across 2 discs and its excellent to be able to catch up
with the show again.
