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DEAD STILL ***NEW DRAMA***

DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (8) Image Name: DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (8) Description: The Carew’s memorial family portrait
DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (5) Image Name: DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (5) Description: Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley) fixes his subject
DeadStill_PR_Ep2_Still (9) Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley) sips his cup of tea Image Name: DeadStill_PR_Ep2_Still (9) Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley) sips his cup of tea
DeadStill_BW_Posed (1) L-R Conall Molloy (Kerr Logan) Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley) and Nancy Vickers (Eileen O'Higgins) stand in woodland Image Name: DeadStill_BW_Posed (1) L-R Conall Molloy (Kerr Logan) Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley) and Nancy Vickers (Eileen O'Higgins) stand in woodland
DeadStill_BW_Ep6_Still (12) Conall Molloy (Kerr Logan) standing at the grave he's been digging Image Name: DeadStill_BW_Ep6_Still (12) Conall Molloy (Kerr Logan) standing at the grave he's been digging
DeadStill_BW_Ep3_Still (15) Nancy Vickers (Eileen O'Higgins) posing in her disguise Image Name: DeadStill_BW_Ep3_Still (15) Nancy Vickers (Eileen O'Higgins) posing in her disguise
DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (14) Image Name: DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (14) Description: Detective Frederick Regan (Aidan O'Hare)
DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (26) Image Name: DeadStill_BW_Ep1_Still (26) Description: Cecil Carruthers (Jimmy Smallhorne) looks worried in the graveyard

SERIES SYNOPSIS
Dublin, 1880. Cameras are becoming cheaper and the country is flourishing with photographic studios. However, the practice of memorial portraiture, the portrait photography of the recently deceased, is on the wane.

Renowned memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset tries to revive his business after an accident, requiring the assistance of his estranged niece Nancy Vickers and his over enthusiastic new assistant Conall Molloy. After a rocky start, their working relationship begins to develop but it appears someone more sinister is getting in on the death photography game.

The investigations of Detective Frederick Regan of Dublin Castle suggest a killer may be cashing in on a taste for a different type of memorial imagery, in this case, pictures of people in their death throes. As the body count begins to escalate, Blennerhasset, Molloy and Nancy have to stop a murderer intent on ruining not just their business, but their lives.

Created by John Morton and Imogen Murphy, DEAD STILL is written by John Morton.

DEAD STILL blends mystery and drama with gallows humour, and features an incredible ensemble of acclaimed international actors including Michael Smiley (Luther, Wire in the Blood) as Brock Blennerhasset, Kerr Logan (Game of Thrones, Victoria) as Conall Molloy, Eileen O’Higgins (Brooklyn, Mary Queen of Scots) as Nancy Vickers, and Aidan O’Hare (The Dublin Murders, Jackie) as Detective Frederick Regan.

DEAD STILL also stars Jimmy Smallhorne (Taken Down, Clean Break) as Cecil Carruthers, Mark Rendall (Departure, Versailles) as Percy Cummins, Peter Campion (Derry Girls, Kat and Alfie: Redwater) as Henry Vickers, and features Martin Donovan (Big Little Lies, Fahrenheit 451) as Bushrod Whacker.

DEAD STILL is an Ireland/Canada treaty co-production produced by Deadpan Pictures (Ireland) and Shaftesbury (Canada) in association with RTÉ, Acorn TV with Acorn Media Enterprises, ZDF Enterprises, and the BAI, and with the participation of the Irish Tax Credit, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit.
DEAD STILL was developed with the support of Screen Ireland and Creative Europe.

Series 1 – 6 episodes

Episode 1 – Photochemistry
Billing: Brock Blennerhasset, Conall Molloy and Nancy Vickers are thrown together in a story of a family feud, a vengeful husband and a stolen photograph.
Synopsis: Brock Blennerhasset, Ireland’s foremost memorial photographer is in a tight spot after a particularly testing commission. Not only has he fractured his foot but he’s misplaced the photograph of a recently deceased young lady. He is forced to hire an enthusiastic young gravedigger named Conall Molloy to hunt down the missing camera plate. His injury also gives his estranged niece Nancy Vickers an excuse to escape their poisonous family and assert her independence. Blennerhasset, Molloy and Nancy are thrown together in a story of a family feud, a vengeful husband and a stolen photograph.