OBITUARY
TV DRAMA
6 x 1 Hour
To live, she writes. To write, she kills.
OBITUARY is a soot black comedy that tells the story of ELVIRA CLANCY, an underpaid obituarist in a tiny coastal town who resorts to murder when the work dries up. Just as she finds her voice, she falls for the new crime correspondent who is both onto to her and into her.
Filmed in Donegal, the six-part series stars Siobhán Cullen as Elvira Clancy with Michael Smiley, Danielle Galligan, Ronan Rafferty, David Ganly and Noni Stapleton.
Writer Ray Lawlor. Produced by Paddy Hayes, Laurent Boissel and Nell Green for Tua Films and About Premium Content with support from the WRAP Fund, Screen Ireland, RTE and Hulu.
Episodes 1-3 directed by John Hayes. Episodes 4-6 directed by Oonagh Kearney.
Please see IMDb for full cast and crew.
OBITUARY was broadcast on RTE 1 for 6 weeks from 26th September 2023. The entire series is available to watch on the RTE iplayer here.
OBITUARY is available to watch on Hulu here.
NOMINATED
Best Drama Series, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, Irish Film and Television Awards, 2024.