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Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama created by Kieran Prendiville and set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural community. It ran for six series, which were first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2001. It aired in Ireland on RTÉ One and in Australia on ABC TV from 1996 to 2001. Reruns have been aired on Drama in the United Kingdom and in the United States on some PBS affiliates.
Original Release
02/11/1996 on BBC
US Release
02/11/1996
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Frankie McCafferty | Donal Docherty / Donal Doherty |
| Joe Savino | Liam Coghlan |
| Deirdre Donnelly | Siobhan Mehigan |
| Gary Whelan | Brendan Kearney |
| Aine Ni Mhuiri | Kathleen Hendley |
| Niall Tóibín | Father MacAnally / Father Mac |
| Tina Kellegher | Niamh Egan / Niamh Quigley / Niamh Dillon |
| Tony Doyle | Brian Quigley |
| Peter Hanly | Ambrose Egan |
| Bosco Hogan | Dr. Michael Ryan / Doc Ryan |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | God.com | Thursday, 01 March 2001 |
| 2 | Drink | Sunday, 04 March 2001 |
| 3 | The Cat and Daddy G. | Sunday, 11 March 2001 |
| 4 | Spirit Proof | Sunday, 18 March 2001 |
| 5 | Paul Dooley Sleeps with the Fishes | Sunday, 25 March 2001 |
| 6 | In a Jam | Sunday, 01 April 2001 |
| 7 | Getting Better All the Time | Sunday, 08 April 2001 |
| 8 | Smoke Signals | Sunday, 15 April 2001 |
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Directors
Dermot Boyd, Paul Harrison, Simon Massey, Mike Cocker, Alan Macmillan, Peter Lydon, Tom Cotter, N.G. Bristow, Simon Meyers, Richard Standeven, Paul Duane, Frank W. Smith
Writers
Kieran Prendiville, Ted Gannon, Mark Holloway, Rio Fanning, Robert Jones, John Forte, Barry Devlin, Stuart Blackburn, Niall Leonard, Declan Croghan, Mick Martin, Paul Coates, Ursula Aspill de Brun, Stephen Plaice, Jo O'Keefe, Terry Hodgkinson, Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Jimmy Murphy, John Flanagan, Andrew McCulloch, Tim Loane
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Frankie McCafferty | Donal Docherty / Donal Doherty |
| Joe Savino | Liam Coghlan |
| Deirdre Donnelly | Siobhan Mehigan |
| Gary Whelan | Brendan Kearney |
| Aine Ni Mhuiri | Kathleen Hendley |
| Niall Tóibín | Father MacAnally / Father Mac |
| Tina Kellegher | Niamh Egan / Niamh Quigley / Niamh Dillon |
| Tony Doyle | Brian Quigley |
| Peter Hanly | Ambrose Egan |
| Bosco Hogan | Dr. Michael Ryan / Doc Ryan |
| Birdy Sweeney | Eamon Byrne |
| Peter Caffrey | Padraig O'Kelly |
| Lorcan Cranitch | Sean Dillon |
| Don Wycherley | Father Aidan O'Connell / Fr. Aidan O'Connell |
| Victoria Smurfit | Orla O'Connell |
| Dervla Kirwan | Assumpta Fitzgerald |
| Stephen Tompkinson | Father Peter Clifford / Fr. Peter Clifford |
| Kate McEnery | Emma Dillon |
| Colin Farrell | Danny Byrne |
| Owen Roe | Paul Dooley / Sean Dooley |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Alan Moloney | Executive Producer |
| Conor Harrington | Executive Producer |
| Robert Cooper | Executive Producer |
| Sophie Balhetchet | Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Gwilt | Executive Producer |
| Tony Garnett | Executive Producer |
| Brenda Reid | Executive Producer |
| Chris Clough | Producer |
| Chris Griffin | Producer |
| David Shanks | Producer |
| Joy Lale | Producer |
