Acceptable Risk (TV series)

Acceptable Risk
Cover of the Region 1 DVD release
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Ron Hutchinson
Directed by	Kenneth Gleenan
Starring	Elaine Cassidy Morten Suurballe Angeline Ball Lisa Hogg Geordie Johnson Paul Popowich Risteárd Cooper
Theme music composer	Michel Corriveau
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Crean Jane Gogan Anna-Sue Greenberg Jamie D. Greenberg
Producer(s)	Stephen Greenberg Siobhan Bourke
Production location(s)	Dublin
Cinematography	Tim Fleming
Editor(s)	David Di Francesco Chantal Lussier
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	RTÉ One
Picture format	16:9 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) – present

Acceptable Risk is an Irish television crime drama series, broadcast on RTÉ, that first aired on 24 September 2017.^[1] Produced by Facet4 Media and Saffron Moon for RTÉ Television,^[2] Acceptable Risk stars Elaine Cassidy as Dublin-based Sarah Manning, whose husband Lee is murdered whilst on a business trip in Montreal. Filmed between Ireland and Canada, the first series, comprising six episodes, was broadcast during September and October 2017.

Subsequently, the series has been sold to the United States, where it made its North American debut on Acorn TV. Internationally, the series has been distributed by DCD Rights^[3] and Acorn Media Enterprises.^[4] Following strong viewing figures for the series, which opened with viewing figures of more than 380,000^[5], writer Ron Hutchinson has since confirmed a second series is in development.^[6]

Production

Actress Elaine Cassidy said of landing the part of Sarah Manning; "[What really attracted me to the role] was that the full six episodes were written [at the time of being offered the part]. That might seem weird but it’s the way things used to be, and it doesn’t happen that way now. Having those six episodes was excellent because you can see the overall journey and you can sort of plot or map key points while still being organic."^[7]

Actress Angeline Ball said of her role as DS Emer Byrne; “My agent had pre-warned me that it wasn’t glamorous but I thought that was even better, I really wanted a role like this. I tried to make her as bland as possible in terms of her looks and her life; she really has nothing going on other than work and finding the truth. Her image is not at the forefront at all, she’s there to do a job and she’s very good at it, you don’t see an emotional side to her. It was great to play but hard also because I’m so bubbly. I have to say I wanted to cry sometimes it was so tough.”^[5]

Writer and creator Ron Hutchinson said of his idea for the series; "I wanted to explore the impact of globalization from the angle of those working for international corporations in a Dublin far from the tourist image of the city. It’s a world which offers a high salary and a great lifestyle to those who are part of it – but from them it asks total loyalty to the firm and the industry its part of. That means sometimes having to look away or hold your tongue when you see something you’re not meant to see."^[8]

Cast

• Elaine Cassidy as Sarah Manning
• Morten Suurballe as Hans Werner Hoffman
• Angeline Ball as DS Emer Byrne
• Lisa Hogg as Nuala Mulvaney
• Geordie Johnson as Detective Dusquene
• Paul Popowich as Lee Manning
• Risteárd Cooper as Barry Lehane
• Kate Moran as Anna Coyle
• Rory Nolan as Morrice O'Hanlon
• Gloria Cramer Curtis as Rose Manning
• Elijah O'Sullivan as Eamonn Manning

Episodes

References

External links

• Acceptable Risk on IMDb