Dead Still Explained

Story:	John Morton Imogen Murphy
Director:	Imogen Murphy Craig David Wallace
Country:	Ireland
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	6
List Episodes:	Episodes
Executive Producer:	Paul Donovan Christina Jennings
Company:	Deadpan Pictures Shaftesbury Films
Network:	Acorn TV Citytv

Dead Still is a six-part Irish-Canadian television drama series, which premiered on May 18, 2020 on Acorn TV and May 15, 2020 Citytv.^[1] The series is a co-production between Ireland's Deadpan Pictures and Canada's Shaftesbury Films and is written by John Morton, from a story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy, and directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

In 2021 Dead Still was nominated for 7 IFTAs at the 17th Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Drama and Best Director.

Premise

Dead Still follows Brock Blennerhasset, a well regarded photographer in 1880s Ireland who specialises in memorial portraiture – photographing the recently deceased – as he is drawn into a series of murders which appear to be linked to his work.

Cast

Michael Smiley as Brock Blennerhasset^[1]
Aidan O'Hare as Frederick Regan, an officer of the D.M.P.
Eileen O'Higgins as Nancy Vickers, Brock's niece and an aspiring actress^[4]
Kerr Logan as Conall Malloy, a gravedigger and Brock's assistant^[4]
Jimmy Smallhorne as Cecil Carruthers
Mark Rendall as Percy Cummins
Martin Donovan as Bushrod Whacker
Aoife Duffin as Betty Regan
Peter Campion as Henry Vickers
Rhys Dunlop as Ronnie Roper
Fiona Bell as Abigail Vickers
Gemma-Leah Devereux as Hanna Dubby
Patrick FitzSymons as William Glendinning
Jordanne Jones as Lily Molloy
Laura Murray as Eva Lambert / The Ghost Queen
Mary Murray as Aline Lambert
Lynn Rafferty as Bessie Bulger
Shane Lennon as Harry Farrelly
John Morton as Ossie Burke
Natalia Cooper as Vicenta

Notes and References

Web site: Yeo . Debra . He shoots dead people: Acorn TV's delightful 'Dead Still' blends the macabre art of post-mortem photography with period mystery . . May 30, 2020 . May 15, 2020 . 21 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200521194219/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2020/05/15/he-shoots-dead-people-acorn-tvs-delightful-dead-still-blends-the-macabre-art-of-post-mortem-photography-with-period-mystery.html . live .
Web site: Clarke . Stewart . Acorn TV, Ireland's RTE Team for Morbidly Comic Drama 'Dead Still' . . May 30, 2020 . May 30, 2020 . 7 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407192641/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/acorn-rte-dead-still-drama-comedy-michael-smiley-kerr-logan-1203228886/ . live .
Web site: Keller . Joel . Stream It Or Skip It: 'Dead Still' On Acorn TV, Where A Memorial Photographer Looks Into Murders In Victorian Dublin . . May 30, 2020 . May 18, 2020 . 24 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200524202559/https://decider.com/2020/05/18/dead-still-acorn-tv-stream-it-or-skip-it/ . live .
Web site: Starr . Michael . 'Dead Still' gives look into creepy world of Victorian-era death photography . . May 30, 2020 . May 19, 2020.