ARDAL O'HANLON'S FORGOTTEN LONDON-SET SITCOM IS TRENDING NOW ON UK STREAMER
Death in Paradise star Ardal O'Hanlon's forgotten sitcom London Irish has trended on a UK streamer.
The series originally ran for one season on Channel 4 back in 2013, and follows the lives of a group of Belfast expatriates living in the UK capital.
The show is available to watch on Prime Video – and has proved popular on the platform, earning the 'trending now' tag on the site.
London Irish was created by Lisa McGee, who went on to mastermind Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls a few years after the show concluded.
As well as O'Hanlon as Chris 'Da' Lynch, the London-based sitcom also stars Derry Girls' Peter Campion as Patrick Kennedy, Unforgotten's Sinéad Keenan as Bronagh Lynch, Game of Thrones' Kerr Logan as Conor, No Offence's Tracey Lynch as 'Ma' Lynch, and Kat Reagan as Niamh Rafferty.
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A pre-fame Phoebe Waller-Bridge also pops up in one episode in the role of Steph.
London Irish originally ran for six episodes, though Channel 4 later confirmed that there were no plans for a second season.
O'Hanlon, who originally rose to fame in Father Ted, went on to join Death in Paradise as DI Jack Mooney four years after London Irish.
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While he bowed out in 2020, he recently returned for a cameo as the character in Australia-set spin-off series Return to Paradise, where he appeared remotely to lead character DI Mackenzie Clarke.
Speaking about the cameo, actor Anna Samson told Digital Spy and other press last year: "I think it's important that [Return to Paradise] is not a carbon copy, but that we acknowledge where we've come from and all the joy and fan base that's in the original. I think both are equally as important, and he does a big part of that."
London Irish is available to stream now on Prime Video.
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2025-06-19T09:43:24Z