Jack Irish


Jack Irish is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on ABC1 on 14 October 2012. The series stars Guy Pearce as the title character, a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator and debt collector. Much of the action is set in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
Adapted from the detective novels by author Peter Temple, Jack Irish was created by Andrew Anastasios, Matt Cameron and Andrew Knight. It began life as three feature-length movies, before being adapted into an ongoing series, of which two six-episode blocks have been broadcast thus far. All three movies were directed by Jeffrey Walker, while Kieran Darcy-Smith serves as lead director on the series.
Bad Debts, the first of the three feature-length movies, was watched by an average of 950,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the sixth most watched programme of the week. Black Tide, the second movie, was watched by an average of 851,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the thirteenth most watched programme of the week. Dead Point, the third and final movie, was watched by an average of 780,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the eleventh most watched programme of the week. The first series of six episodes broadcast from 11 February to 17 March 2016. The second series broadcast from 8 July to 12 August 2018. The second series was dedicated to the memory of Peter Temple, who died in March 2018.

Cast

Main

Telemovies (2012—2014)

Series 1 (2016)

Series 2 (2018)

Viewership

Series 1 (2016)