Storyland

Storyland

Storyland is an award-winning initiative by RTÉ.ie and Screen Ireland, a program that develops and showcases new, original Irish short dramas by emerging talent in writing, directing, and acting. It operates as a competitive call-out for scripts, with the top finalists receiving funding and support to produce their 25-minute short dramas, which are then broadcast on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

Drama

Seasons

1. Happy Slappers

Air Date: 2009-03-01

2. Psych Ward

Air Date: 2009-03-08

3. Rental Boys

Air Date: 2009-03-15

4. Running Low

Air Date: 2009-03-22

5. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine

Air Date: 2009-03-29

6. Chez Spuds

Air Date: 2009-04-05

7. Pub World

Air Date: 2009-04-12

8. Hardy Bucks

Air Date: 2009-04-19

9. This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory

Air Date: 2009-04-26

1. Cuckoo, Part 1

Air Date: 2012-05-01

2. Cuckoo, Part 2

Air Date: 2012-05-08

3. Cuckoo, Part 3

Air Date: 2012-05-15

4. Cuckoo, Part 4

Air Date: 2012-05-22

1. Costigan

Air Date: 2016-01-25

Ex-Garda detective Vi Costigan is released from prison after unjustly serving time for a crime she did not commit, She quickly realises that she must adapt her old skills to survive in a radically shifted world she now finds herself in.

2. Smitten

Air Date: 2016-01-25

Bronagh just found out she's pregnant with Dave's baby. Now, she just needs to find him.

3. Dinosaurs

Air Date: 2016-01-25

A young boy learns hard lessons in a post-apocalyptic world.

4. Hot Knives

Air Date: 2016-01-25

1995. Deepest suburbia. Fourteen year-old Charlie lives for his skateboard. Nothing else matters. But he is forced to take action when his wayward sister Sam steals vital medicine from their dad.

5. Quinn & O'Grady

Air Date: 2016-01-25

Jo Quinn, a hardnosed Garda, joins forces with a local Reserve Garda, Mary Bridget Quinn, to investigate bizarre happenings in the village of Blackhill.

1. Leave to Remain

Air Date: 2017-10-19

A Kurdish political activist flees Iran and arrives by truck in Ireland. But the asylum system overwhelms him and he resorts to desperate measures to have his voice heard.

2. On the Hemline

Air Date: 2017-10-19

When long-term unemployed Northsider Martha learns that her daughter Dawn has been accepted into a STEM program for bright children, she realises that she needs a job. Through the charity Hemline, she meets recently-widowed Southsider Sheenagh. Together, these two very different women embark on a journey of self-development in order to prepare Martha for her first job interview in years.

3. A Sign of Things

Air Date: 2017-10-19

Having lost his job when the factory closed, father Daniel is now seemingly devoting himself to the church. When his wife, stay-at-home mum Zara, agrees to let a racy cabaret club pay to advertise on the side of their house a family showdown ensues.

4. Cry Rosa

Air Date: 2017-10-19

A music obsessed mixed-race girl questions her identity when she becomes the victim of bullying in 1980s Belfast.

1. Flow

Air Date: 2018-12-10

A hip-hop love story about a macho MC who has to choose between his ego and the girl he loves.

2. Vanilla

Air Date: 2018-12-20

Sexually abused as a child, a homeless woman in the throes of addiction confronts her geriatric abuser, only to find he now suffers from dementia.

3. Everything Not Saved

Air Date: 2018-12-20

What do we remember and why? Three actors audition to play Rasputin in a music video, only to realize they know nothing about him because they're bad at sorting fact from fiction, joke from song lyric, history from Don Bluth cartoon.

4. Social Influence

Air Date: 2018-12-20

An emotionally broken woman fears her husband's blossoming relationship with a student will bring trouble. She must find the courage to stand up for herself, and him.

5. The Good Christian Women's Writing Group

Air Date: 2018-12-20

Three working-class Belfast women join a writing group, in an effort to lift the mood of the youngest of the trio, only to learn they've accidentally joined a Christian writing group. In between some very funny and rather lewd story ideas from of one of the women, the group offers an escape for the youngest, as we learn the disturbing and all too common reasons for her depression.

6. Smother

Air Date: 2018-12-20

A young man from a small Tipperary town feels trapped by his home situation. Desperate to escape his small town life, he makes a terrible decision with far reaching consequences.

1. Wastewater

Air Date: 2019-11-25

Vinny and Lauryn fall for each other but their future together is threatened by their present.

2. Skip to the End

Air Date: 2019-11-25

A man suffering trauma is given a mysterious solution to skip past his pain.

3. Eat the Rich

Air Date: 2019-11-25

A young bicycle courier, struggling to survive in the gig economy, takes revenge on the boss who fired him.

4. A Deal's a Deal

Air Date: 2019-11-25

A misguided and disgruntled teenage pigeon fancier reacts badly to the death of her champion young bird.

5. Mushrooms

Air Date: 2019-11-25

A desperate housewife takes drastic measures to solve her problem. It's only then that she discovers that she, herself, may be the problem that someone else has decided to solve.

6. Yellow Bird

Air Date: 2019-11-25

Faced with the eviction from her home by her own daughter, an elderly mother takes in a refugee as freedom takes on a new relative meaning for the pair.

1. Mustard

Air Date: 2022-10-20

Eilis is addicted to mustard. When she falls madly in love, she's sure her demons are finally banished, but when the relationship breaks down her shameful addiction to the yellow stuff returns with a vengeance.

2. Balor Hall

Air Date: 2022-10-27

As the Devereaux dynasty gather for their father's 60th birthday, a bountiful feast is prepared, old grudges are triggered, and murder is on the menu.

3. Every Five Miles

Air Date: 2022-11-03

A petrol station attendant is drawn into the harsh world of a trafficked immigrant car washer, torn between speaking out at the risk of losing everything.

1. Wrapped

Air Date: 2023-10-19

With cocaine worth thousands of euro strapped to their bodies, Lisa and Ali are intent on getting through airport security undetected.

2. The Cousin

Air Date: 2023-10-26

A young father is accepted into a prestigious art college and must tell his cousin he is leaving a life of crime behind.

3. Falling for the Life of Alex Whelan

Air Date: 2023-11-02

A young Chinese Irish woman meets the man of her dreams at a foreign language film club. She discovers the next day through social media that he has died. Piecing together who he was through his online life, she begins to wonder what could have been.

1. Shush

Air Date: 2024-10-31

Ruth's love for baby Fia is undeniable. But under the strain of loneliness and a difficult domestic existence, the mother impulsively makes a drastic decision.

2. I'm Yours

Air Date: 2024-11-07

Zo is a high-flying solicitor in Ireland's top law firm, but she's harbouring a secret: she's engaged to a man she's never met. Zo decides to break with tradition and meet her fiancé before they get married. Will he meet Zo's expectations?

3. Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty?

Air Date: 2024-11-14

A troubled man, who has lost everything except his high end American refrigerator, drags it to his former home to show his neighbours how successful he is.

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2025-10-30

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2025-11-06

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2025-11-13

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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

2009-03-01

Episodes

46 (13 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

RTÉ

RTÉ

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland