Jack Taylor: Shot Down

Synopsis

The opening of the last in this first series finds a guilt-ridden Jack on the outskirts of Dublin where he meets a girl from the travelling community who might have witnessed her mother’s murderer. The Irish Guards, prejudiced against the Travellers and their rival clans, are only barely interested. Jack takes up their cause. The answers seem to lie in the little girl. But she remains silent. What is she hiding? Did she identify the murderer? Is her life in danger? Jack’s investigations lead him into a dangerous world of blood feuds and drug trafficking.

Reviews

The last in this short run of gripping dramas finds a guilt-ridden Jack on the outskirts of Dublin where he meets a girl from the travelling community who might have witnessed her mother’s murderer. Is the killing part of a long-standing fed among the travellers?

The Mirror

The award-winning Scottish actor Iain Glen stars in another gritty murder mystery in the last of the current series based on Ken Bruen’s acclaimed crime novels set in Ireland. Blaming himself for the shooting of his partner and friend Cody, the alcoholic ex-Garda is desperate to keep away from Galway and distract himself from his own anguish. On the outskirts of Dublin he finds himself in the middle of a Traveller’s feud as he tries to unlock the mind of a young girl who witnessed her mother’s murder.

The Mail

These adaptations have been A-Class all the way through.

The Daily Express

Credits

Iain Glen

Jack Taylor

Nora-Jane Noone

Kate Noonan

Killian Scott

Cody Farraher

Hazel Doupe

Róisín Mangan

Garrett Keogh

Ned Whelan

Barbara Bergin

Kathleen Mangan

Martin ‘Beans’ Ward

Jimmy

Michael Collins

Sweeper Mangan

Karl Shiels

Eddie ‘Slaps’ Mangan

Emmet Kirwan

Ron Bryson

Eamonn Hunt

Jonjo Kelly

Stephen Cromwell

Hugh Kelly

Mark Butler

Christy Flynn

Ruth Magill

Sinead Mangan

Donna Dent

Bridie

Rúaidhrí Conroy

Mikey

David O’Meara

Harry

Stuart Orme

Director

Marteinn Thorisson

Writer

Ralph Christians

Producer

David Collins

Producer

Ciaran McKeon

Cinematographer