请输入您要查询的百科知识：

　

词条 Single-Handed (TV series)
释义

  1. Production

  2. Casting

  3. Reception

      Irish Critics   Positive reviews    Negative reviews    British reception    Positive reviews    Negative reviews    Criticism   Awards  Irish Film and Television Awards  Seoul International Drama Awards 

  4. Episodes

  5. Overseas

  6. References

  7. External links

{{EngvarB|date=November 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}{{Infobox television
| show_name = Single-Handed
| image =
| caption = RTÉ's promotional logo for Single-Handed 3: The Drowning Man (with Owen McDonnell as Sergeant Jack Driscoll)
| show_name_2 =
| genre = Drama
| creator =
| director = Colm McCarthy (series 1)
Antony Byrne (series 2–3)
| creative_director =
| developer =
| writer = Barry Simner
| starring = Owen McDonnell[1]
Ian McElhinney[1]

Steve Blount[3]

Liam Carney[1]

Pádraic Delaney[2]

Bríain Gleeson[2]

David Herlihy[2]

Ann Marie Horan[2]

Nick Lee[2]

Ruth McCabe[2]

Michael McElhatton[2]
Charlene McKenna[1]

Laura Murphy[1]
Marcella Plunkett[2]

Owen Roe[2]


| country = Ireland
| language = English
| num_series = 4
| num_episodes = 12
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| co_exec =
| producer = Element Pictures/Touchpaper Television Productions
| supervising_producer =
| asst_producer =
| co-producer =
| editor =
| story_editor =
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 47 min
| network = RTÉ One
| picture_format =
| audio_format =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2007|3|18|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2010|12|12|df=y}}
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| related =
| website = http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/single_handed.html
}}Single-Handed is an Irish television drama series, first broadcast on RTÉ Television in 2007. Set and filmed in the west of Ireland, it focuses on the life of a member of the {{lang|ga|Garda Síochána}} (police), Sergeant Jack Driscoll (played by Owen McDonnell). Three two-episode, single-story series aired one each on consecutive nights in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Series Four, consisting of three stories told over six episodes, began in RTÉ One November 2010.[3]

The series is partially inspired by garda corruption in County Donegal.[4]

Production

The first series was shot in October 2006.[18] It was directed by Colm McCarthy; the second and third by Antony Byrne. Barry Simner wrote the screenplay. It was co-produced by Touchpaper Television Productions and Element Pictures.[2] Clare Alan also produced the third series.[2]

In 2009, all three series were broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV, as double-length, two-hour episodes on three consecutive Sundays, from 2–16 August.

Series 4 began broadcasting on RTÉ One on Sunday, 7 November 2010.[5] It was shown in the UK on ITV from Thursday, 14 July 2011.[6][7]

Casting

Owen McDonnell was given the lead role of Garda Sergeant Jack Driscoll after receiving a call from casting director Maureen Hughes. Appearing onstage in The Lieutenant of Inishmore in the Town Hall, Galway at the time, McDonnell, alongside two other cast members, left for Dublin to read a script for the original Single-Handed director Colm McCarthy. He was given the lead role one day later.[18]

Reception

The series has been consistently popular in Ireland since its first broadcast,[25] with the first series receiving a 40% audience share.[8] However, leading actor Owen McDonnell has been able to escape a significant increase in recognition by the general public as, according to him, "once you're out of the uniform you're fairly anonymous".[8][9]

Irish Critics

Positive reviews

John Boland, writing in the Irish Independent, praised the original Single-Handed for its "taut and suggestive" screenplay.[29] Heralding it as "the real deal" and "that rare oddity—an RTE drama that works" and drawing comparisons to the Roman Polanski film Chinatown, he said "it didn't lose its nerve by resorting to far-fetched plot twists or ludicrous melodrama".[10] Boland's report on the sequel indicated his view that it "wasn't as arresting as its predecessor but it was a superior drama all the same".[11] Boland viewed Single-Handed: The Drowning Man as also being a "superior drama" whilst "a sense of place was arrestingly captured, too".[12]

Negative reviews

Gavin Corbett, writing in the Sunday Tribune, dismissed the original series as "an uninspired piece of writing brought to some sort of lugubrious half-life, superficially engaging for a while, but growing more and more ponderous and pofaced the longer it went on over its two nights".[13] Patrick Freyne, also writing in the Sunday Tribune, called Single-Handed 3 "all puffed up with a melodramatic 'I-can't-believe-it's-not-drama' form of drama in which people glare at one another, shout, are unhelpfully abrasive for no reason, and give each other symbolic bullets".[14]

British reception

The UK debut of Single-Handed received 4 million viewers which is a large viewership number.[15]

Positive reviews

The Daily Telegraph, a broadsheet in the UK, said Single-Handed was "distinctly classy"[16] and "not soft-centred. In fact it's more like biting into an apple only to find there's a worm in it".[17] The regional newspaper, Leicester Mercury, remarked that it "confounds expectations from the very beginning", saying "it was dark, not dreary. And slow, not stupid. There wasn't even a hint of Irish whimsy about it. No-one's eyes twinkled, humorously. No fiddly jigs and reels drifted from the pub. And no-one—praise be—mentioned the damned craic".[18]

Negative reviews

When Single-Handed eventually aired in the UK in 2009, he noted the reactions of the British newspaper critics, remarking satirically on how "The Guardian{{'}}s Sam Wollaston and The Independent{{'}}s Tom Sutcliffe[19] couldn't contain their surprise that dark doings lurked behind the 'stunning scenery' of this Irish Hoirtbeat. Faith and begorrah, lads, shure we're even in the EU".[20]

Criticism

Owen McDonnell has been criticised for suggesting that alcoholism and depression are widespread in Connemara.[17]

Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards

Single-Handed received one nomination at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2008. It was nominated in the Drama Series/Soap category but lost to The Tudors.[21][22]{{awards table}}
|-
| 2008 || Single-Handed || Drama Series/Soap || {{nom}}
|-{{end}}

Seoul International Drama Awards

Single Handed 3: The Drowning Man received two nominations at the Seoul International Drama Awards. Anthony Byrne was nominated in the Best Director category and Barry Simner was nominated in the Best Writer category.[23]{{awards table}}
|-
| 2009 || Anthony Byrne || Best Director || {{nom}}
|-
| 2009 || Barry Simner || Best Writer || {{nom}}
|-{{end}}

Episodes

Episodes Title Director Writer Original air date{{Episode listEpisodeNumber= 1.1–1.2Title= HomeAltTitle=Natural JusticeDirectedBy= Colm McCarthyWrittenBy= Barry Simner18 & 19 March 2007[1]}}ShortSummary= In the first series, titled Home on RTÉ and Natural Justice on ITV, Sergeant Driscoll returns to his home town from Dublin, replacing his retired father, Sergeant Gerry Driscoll (Ian McElhinney). He soon realises that his father is involved in some sinister occurrences.[11] He investigates the mysterious death of a young eastern European woman[1] and by the end of the episode he has had sex with another woman who he later finds is his half-sister.[13][19]
}}{{Episode list		EpisodeNumber= 2.1–2.2Title= The Stolen ChildRTitle=[2]DirectedBy= Antony Byrne[2]WrittenBy= Barry Simner[2]1 & 2 January 2008[2]}}ShortSummary=

Sergeant Driscoll searches for a kidnapped toddler from a dysfunctional family background.[2][24] There are also two subplots involving a teacher suspected to be a paedophile and the appearance of Driscoll's father at a tribunal,[11][24] the latter echoing the factual events of the long-running Morris Tribunal.[11] Actors such as Ian McElhinney, in the role of corrupt garda, and Charlene McKenna, in the role of distraught mother, received praise following the second series.[11] Also with Caroline Catz.


}}{{Episode list		EpisodeNumber= 3.1–3.2Title= The Drowning ManRTitle=[2]DirectedBy= Antony ByrneWrittenBy= Barry Simner12 & 13 April 2009[2]}}ShortSummary= Sergeant Driscoll receives a late-night phone call informing him that a young man is drowning.[25] Jack finds this is connected with an undercover anti-drug operation against a wealthy businessman with connections to the IRA,[12][25] a mole and Sergeant Driscoll's encounter with his former lover, Maura Dooley (played by Marcella Plunkett).[26] Pádraic Delaney features in the role of Detective Garda Sergeant Michael Casey, an undercover agent.[27]
}}{{Episode list		EpisodeNumber= 4.1–4.2Title= The Lost BoysRTitle=[28]DirectedBy= Thaddeus O'SullivanWrittenBy= Barry Simner7 & 14 November 2010[3][29]}}ShortSummary= A visit from Jack's English cousin Brian leads to the unearthing of a devastating family secret, and the Garda sergeant must also deal with a troubled teenager who is the chief suspect in the murder of an elderly recluse. Sean McGinley, as the new pub owner, Dennis Costello; Matthew McNulty, as Jack's newfound cousin, Brian Doyle; and Simone Lahbib, as his photographer girlfriend, Gemma, join the cast in Season 4. Stephen Rea guest stars.
}}{{Episode list		EpisodeNumber= 4.3–4.4Title= Between Two FiresRTitle=[28]DirectedBy= Charlie McCarthyWrittenBy= Colin Teevan21 & 28 November 2010}}ShortSummary= Jack investigates a suspicious fire at a troubled housing development, but his loyalties are tested by the suspicion that an old friend may have been responsible. Meanwhile, Gemma falls out with Brian over his plan to stake a claim to Eithne's land.
}}{{Episode list		EpisodeNumber= 4.5–4.6Title= A Cold HeavenRTitle=[28]DirectedBy= Thaddeus O'SullivanWrittenBy= Clive Bradley5 & 12 December 2010}}ShortSummary= Jack investigates a car accident involving a local teenager, and suspects the girl of being in an abusive relationship. However, he is unable to focus on the case due to tensions back at home, where he continues to be the subject of Brian's simmering hatred. Lorcan Cranitch guest stars.
}}

Overseas

Under the name "Jack Driscoll," the series was aired at least twice in Denmark on the primary Public Service channel DR 1. The episodes have been put together in manner customary for Danish TV series, and therefore have a length of around 90 to 100 minutes (DR uses no advertising).

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0316/singlehanded.html|title=New Irish mystery comes to RTÉ One|date=16 March 2007|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=RTÉ}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 {{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/1224/singlehanded.html|title=Single Handed returns to RTÉ One|date=24 December 2007|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=RTÉ}}
3. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/1106/singlehanded.html|title=Single-Handed returns to RTÉ One|date=6 November 2010|accessdate=6 November 2010|publisher=RTÉ}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6591720.ece|title=Seen that RTÉ programme before? Probably...|date=28 June 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=The Sunday Times | location=London | first1=Colin | last1=Coyle | first2=Jan | last2=Battles}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://tvsales.rte.ie/programming/drama.htm#prog05 |work=RTÉ News |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408122412/http://tvsales.rte.ie/programming/drama.htm |archivedate=8 April 2010 }}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-cuts-crime-drama-costs-in-itv-deal-2095644.html|title=RTÉ cuts crime drama cost in ITV deal |date=11 March 2009|accessdate=12 March 2009|publisher=Evening Herald}}
7. ^{{IMDb title|1771805|Single-Handed – The Lost Boys: Part 1}}
8. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/actors/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4280897&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Owen McDonnell on the Case in 'Single-Handed'|date=13 December 2007|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Irish Film and Television Network}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/single-handed-makes-a-dramatic-return-1858968.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130217172943/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/single-handed-makes-a-dramatic-return-1858968.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=17 February 2013 |title=Single Handed makes a dramatic return |date=13 August 2009 |accessdate=13 August 2009 |publisher=Evening Herald }}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/call-the-cops-an-rte-drama-that-works-51324.html|title=Call the cops: an RTÉ drama that works . . .|date=24 March 2007|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Irish Independent}}
11. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/grim-tale-of-abduction-a-dramatic-victory-for-rte-1258323.html|title=Grim tale of abduction a dramatic victory for RTÉ|date=5 January 2008|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Irish Independent|first=John|last=Boland}}
12. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-goes-a-bit-ott-in-praise-of-heaney-1712889.html|title=RTÉ goes a bit ott in praise of Heaney|date=18 April 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Irish Independent|first=John|last=Boland}}
13. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2007/mar/25/summoning-the-spirits-of-cliches-long-since-depart/ |title=Summoning the spirits of cliches long since departed |date=25 March 2007 |accessdate=10 August 2009 |publisher=Sunday Tribune |deadurl=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.is/20090823101727/http://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2007/mar/25/summoning-the-spirits-of-cliches-long-since-depart/ |archivedate=23 August 2009 |df= }}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/arts/other/article/2009/apr/19/television-critic-patrick-freyne-wild-rugged-brood/ |title=Television Critic, Patrick Freyne – Wild, rugged, broody – a typical country guard! |date=19 April 2009 |accessdate=10 August 2009 |publisher=Sunday Tribune |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823101740/http://www.tribune.ie/arts/other/article/2009/apr/19/television-critic-patrick-freyne-wild-rugged-brood/ |archivedate=23 August 2009 |df= }}
15. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/aug/03/single-handed-tv-ratings|title=TV ratings: Imported drama Single-Handed debuts with more than 4m on ITV|date=3 August 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=The Guardian | location=London | first=John | last=Plunkett}}
16. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5949263/Single-Handed-ITV1-TV-review.html|title=Single-Handed (ITV1): TV review|date=31 July 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=James | last=Walton}}
17. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5949339/Owen-McDonnell-and-Barry-Simner-on-Single-Handed-interview.html|title=Owen McDonnell and Barry Simner on Single-Handed: interview|date=31 July 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=Benji | last=Wilson}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/entertainment/TV-Review-Single-Handed/article-1217808-detail/article.html|title=TV Review: Single Handed|date=3 August 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Leicester Mercury}}
19. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-weekends-television-singlehanded-itv1-sunbrhappy-birthday-ou-ndash-forty-years-of-the-open-university-bbc4-satbrclassic-goldie-bbc2-fri-1766408.html|title=The Weekend's Television: Single-Handed, ITV1, Sun|date=3 August 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=The Independent | location=London | first=Tom | last=Sutcliffe}}
20. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/nice-scenery-shame-about-the-show-1854910.html|title=nice scenery, shame about the show...|date=18 August 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Irish Independent}}
21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4281011&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=IFTA Winners Announced|date=18 February 2008|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Irish Film and Television Network}}
22. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/09/ifta-nominations-arrive-in-attempt-to-derail-choice-music-prize-announcement/|title=IFTA nominations arrive in attempt to derail Choice Music Prize announcement|date=9 January 2008|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=The Irish Times|first=Shane|last=Hegarty}}
23. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/about/awards/seoul.html|title=Two Nominations for "Single Handed 3" Drama|date=16 July 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=RTÉ}}
24. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/singlehanded-2-1254611.html|title=Singlehanded 2|date=29 December 2007|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=Irish Independent|first=Paul|last=Whitington}}
25. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.rteguide.ie/2009/0412/staroftheday.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130217212926/http://www.rteguide.ie/2009/0412/staroftheday.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=17 February 2013 |title=Star of the Day |date=12 April 2009 |accessdate=10 August 2009 |publisher=RTÉ Guide }}
26. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rteguide.ie/2009/0410/singlehanded.html |title=THE DAILY HIGH 5 |date=10 April 2009 |accessdate=10 August 2009 |publisher=RTÉ Guide |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822200733/http://www.rteguide.ie/2009/0410/singlehanded.html |archivedate=22 August 2009 |df= }}
27. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.newrossstandard.ie/entertainment/pdraic-to-star-in-single-handed-iii-1694754.html|title=Pádraic to star in 'Single Handed III'|date=1 April 2009|accessdate=10 August 2009|publisher=New Ross Standard}}
28. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/single_handed.html|title=Single-Handed 4|publisher=RTÉ.ie|accessdate=6 December 2010}}
29. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0712/rte.html|title=New Irish TV dramas coming to RTÉ|date=12 July 2010|publisher=RTÉ.ie|accessdate=12 July 2010}}

External links

  • Single-Handed series 3 and Single-Handed series 4
  • {{IMDb title|title=Single-Handed|id=0991266}}
{{RTÉ Dramas and Soap Operas}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Single-Handed (2007 Drama)}}

6 : 2007 Irish television series debuts|2000s Irish television series|Irish crime television series|Irish drama television series|RTÉ television programmes|Television shows set in the Republic of Ireland
随便看

　

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

　

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间：2024/9/28 9:26:01