Love / Hate (TV series)
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Original title | Love / Hate |
Country of production | Ireland |
original language | English |
Year (s) | since 2010 |
length | 50 minutes |
Episodes | 28 in 5+ seasons |
genre | drama |
idea | Stuart Carolan |
production | Simon Massey Suzanne McAuley James Flynn Jane Gogan |
First broadcast | October 3, 2010 (Ireland) on RTÉ One |
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Love / Hate is an Irish television series that has aired on RTÉ One since 2010 . It is set in the criminal underworld of Dublin . So far, five seasons with a total of 28 episodes have been broadcast.
action
The main actor is Darren Treacy, who returns to Dublin from Spain in the first episode and actually only wants to visit his brother Robbie for a few days. When Robbie is shot and killed shortly after his release from prison, he decides to stay longer. He becomes a member of a gang led by "John Boy" Power, which includes Nigel "Nidge" Delaney and Thomas "Tommy" Daly, among others.
publication
The series has been broadcast on Irish broadcaster RTÉ One since October 3, 2010. Since 2013, the first two seasons have been available in the original English version on the video-on-demand portal Netflix .
Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in Ireland | |
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Season premiere | Season finale | ||
1 | 4th | October 3, 2010 | October 24, 2010 |
2 | 6th | November 6, 2011 | December 11, 2011 |
3 | 6th | November 11, 2012 | December 16, 2012 |
4th | 6th | October 6, 2013 | November 10, 2013 |
5 | 6th | 5th October 2014 | November 9, 2014 |
reception
The Irish press criticized the explicit portrayal of violence and its effects on the series. The number of calls to a crisis hotline for rape victims rose after a rape scene was shown in the series. There have also been numerous calls and complaints directly to the RTÉ broadcaster.
Awards
The series has won several awards at the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA).
Web links
- Love / Hate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Love / Hate on RTÉ Television
- Love / Hate at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Irish Independent : Complaints to RTE about Love / Hate , accessed December 4, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Irishtimes , accessed December 3, 2015