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The South Westerlies (6 x 1hr Comedy-Drama)
Created by Catherine Maher 

RTE / TV2 Norway / AMC Network's Acorn TV US & UK
First broadcast on RTE TV1 (Ireland), now streaming on Prime, ACORN TV  & RTE Player 

With Orla Brady (Mistresses, Star Trek; Picard), Eileen Walsh (Catastrophe), Patrick Bergin (Sleeping with the Enemy, Patriot Games), Steve Wall (Vikings) and Sorcha Cusack (A Discovery of Witches, Father Brown) 

Eileen Walsh and Orla Brady in The South Westerlies

Feuding former friends; local pillar Breege (Eileen Walsh) & woman-on-a-mission, Kate (Orla Brady) 

Ger Ryan and Patrick Bergin in The South Westerlies

Big smiles on the outside, for Noreen (Ger Ryan) and husband "Big Mike" Kelleher (Patrick Bergin)

The Pitch

When a tourist-friendly Irish town is earmarked for a Norwegian wind farm, undercover lobbyist Kate Ryan (Orla Brady) arrives to do eco-battle with the locals, led by slippery councillor (Patrick Bergin), her estranged bestie (Eileen Walsh) and breezy but broke surfer (Steve Wall) who bears an uncanny resemblance to Kate's teenage son.  

      

The Feel  ​

An unapologetically rape-and-pillage-free-zone.  A show for our climate-aware times, with a charm and ensemble humour shot through by secrets, lies and darker Scandi-shenanigans.

Steve Wall in The South Westerlies
Orla Brady and son Sam Barrett in The South Westerlies

Chips n' strategies between son Conor (Sam Barrett) and Kate (Orla Brady) 

Life gets less beachy for Baz (Steve Wall) when Kate arrives with a long-held secret. 

The South Westerlies - Marketing
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