Introduction
Resistance (released as Rebellion Season 02 on Netflix) is a 2019 television miniseries written by Colin Teevan for Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
The series was preceded by a five-part miniseries, Rebellion (2016), which dramatised the events surrounding the 1916 Easter Rising.
Outline
The series is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the Irish War of Independence, set during the time of Bloody Sunday in 1920.
Cast
- Characters returning from Rebellion:
- Brian Gleeson – Jimmy Mahon, a 1916 veteran now serving with the IRA.
- Jordanne Jones – Minnie Mahon.
- Jaeylynne Wallace Ruane – Sadie Mahon.
- Millie Donnelly – Gracie Mahon.
- Michael Ford-FitzGerald – Harry Butler, wealthy banker from whom the rebel government seek funds.
- Gavin Drea – Michael Collins, IRA Director of Intelligence, a charismatic and headstrong leader (Collins was played by Sebastian Thommen in Rebellion).
- New Characters:
- David Wilmot – Patrick (Paddy) Mahon, Jimmy’s brother, a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary.
- Stanley Townsend – Daniel Shea, an Irish-American US Senator, sympathetic to the independence movement.
- Conall Keating – Donal Bradley, IRA gunman.
- Simone Kirby – Ursula Sweeney, Dublin Castle codebreaker.
- Aoife Duffin – Éithne Drury, republican journalist.
- Natasha O’Keeffe – Agnes Moore, Ursula’s sister, a lawyer working in the Dáil Courts.
- Catherine Walker – Constance Butler, republican sympathiser; wife of Harry.
- Fergal McElherron – Maurice Jacobs, solicitor and agent for the rebel government.
- Ben Smith – Robbie Lennox, English journalist and socialist. Based on the historical F. Digby Hardy.
- Andrew Bennet – Arthur Griffith, Minister for Home Affairs and Vice-President of Sinn Féin.
- Craig Parkinson – Captain David McLeod, British soldier.
- Conor MacNeill – Diarmuid McWilliams, republican journalist.
- Aoibhínn McGinnity – Josephine Carmichael, cabaret singer and Harry Butler’s mistress.
- Matthew Hopkinson – Albert Finlay, a hot-headed Black and Tan.
- Paul Ritter – General Ormonde Winter, Chief of Intelligence in Dublin Castle.
- Hugh O’Conor – Dr. Lawrence Moore, doctor with republican sympathies. Husband to Agnes.
- Imogen Doel – Lily Lawlor, typist in Dublin Castle.
- Barbara Bergin – Mrs. Lyons, landlady.
- Brian Doherty – Frank Brogan, IRA leader.
Trivia
- Filming began in October 2016.
- The first episode was criticised for departure from historical fact; Teevan had already resigned himself to such, he admitted in an interview with The Irish Times.
Resistance Series
Production & Filming Details
- Creator(s): Colin Teevan.
- Director(s): Catherine Morshead.
- Producer(s): Catherine Magee and Catherine Dunne.
- Writer(s): Colin Teevan.
- Music: Vince Pope.
- Cinematography: David Marsh.
- Editor(s): Justin Krish.
- Production: Zodiak Media Ireland, Touchpaper TV, and RTE.
- Original Network: RTE One.
- Release Date: 06 January 2019 to 03 February 2019.
- Running Time: 52 minutes (per episode).
- Country: Ireland.
- Language: English.
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