Tuesday 30 Sept – Episode 5
Nicole moves back home with her family and despite quality time with her mum she misses ex-boyfriend Noel. Venetia wonders if herself and Martin are romantic. And Anna has a weekend in Portugal with husband Colin but will she be able to relax?
Thursday 2 Oct – Episode 6
Elayne doesn’t want a relationship with the guy who wants her. Kate hopes to hear from the guy she fancies. Nicole missed Noel and needs his help to tell her what to do but will they be able to have a good time celebrating his 30th birthday?
About Connected
Six women, six cameras. Real Life.
Connected is a brand new series that breaks many of the conventions of TV story telling: a self shot, observational documentary series that sees traditional TV catch up with the ways of the web.
Cast with six women, each of whom has being self shooting their world for the last 10 months and capturing their most intimate moments, this series is setting out to time-capsule what life is like for women in Ireland 2014.
Each woman is their own director; they decide what and where to shoot. By empowering our cast in this way we get a whole lot more than just a glimpse inside six very different worlds, we get real honesty.
Based on thousands of hours of footage filmed over 10 months.
Connected. It’s Not Reality TV. It’s Real.
The Women
Nicole McQuillan (20) likes to look her best, she loves shoes and handbags, getting her hair done and she puts a lot of effort into her make-up. She lives in Dublin with her boyfriend Noel, 10 years her senior, and their two dogs. Noel works nights so despite living together Nicole would like them to see more of each-other. Nicole’s mum Belinda is one of her best friends. She was a teenager when she had Nicole and has always been fearful that Nicole would follow her example, but Nicole had no intention of going down that route and is now studying law but sometimes wonders if she’s made the right choices in life.
Venetia Quick (40) loves her job as a radio producer, loves her husband Martin and she loves her three young sons but this recession has hit her and her family hard. From a middle class South Dublin environment, Venetia never expected to be struggling so much, or for so long, to make ends meet. As the series begins she and Martin find themselves in a situation they hadn’t counted on. Despite their cramped living conditions, the daily grind of tight budgeting and on-going stress of rearing three young children they remain optimistic that this is their year that things will turn around for them. But can Martin’s his new business idea become a profitable reality?
Dubliner Elayne Harrington (26) is a woman with an awful lot to say on almost everything and a confident, out-going personality. Her opinions and desire not to be categorised is the fodder for her performance as rap artist Temper Mental MissElayneous. Although well-known on the rap scene in Dublin she struggles to make a livelihood from her music. When the series opens she is single and moving into a new apartment after a period of homelessness. Will this be the start of a more fruitful chapter in her life that she’s been hoping for?
Alanna Diggin (20) lives in her home town in rural, South-western Ireland. A keen blogger who likes to share her feelings online. Alanna has a wide circle of friends, a steady boyfriend Hutchy and an active social life. Everything should be great for this 20-year-old but she is struggling to come to terms with her father’s tragic passing. She has dropped out of college yet student accommodation is the only place she has to call home. She really hopes she can move on with her life.
Kate McGrew (35) originally from Ohio in the USA, made Cork her home some years ago on a whim. She loves the Corkonian sense of humour. Kate is a singer and performer but to make the rent works in a strip club. She enjoys her work and feels empowered by it but knows that other people have a very different perception, can she change their mind? And how will her professional parents react to her news?
Anna Ryan (32) from a middle class Dublin family has it all, a high powered job, a cool husband Colin, a dog and in her spare moments she does stand-up comedy. On the surface all looks fantastic but Anna thinks a lot about life and wonders what she should be doing with hers. And if she can get over her perfectionism that sees her working long into the night?