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Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) and Niamh McGovern (Charlene McKenna) / Image: BBC

More shocks in store as Bloodlands returns

There are more shocks in store for the audience as Bloodlands returns to the small screen, leading star James Nesbitt has promised.

Television • 15 Sep 22

James Nesbitt as Bloodlands' DCI Tom Brannick

Belfast gets its close-up as Bloodlands returns to BBC

The BBC has released first-look photos from the second series of the James Nesbitt and Charlene McKenna-starring Bloodlands, with the Belfast thriller set to return …

Television • 30 Aug 22

Charlene McKenna as Shelly Mohan in Clean Sweep. Pictures: Deirdre Brennan

RTÉ announces new Irish thriller, Clean Sweep

Charlene McKenna stars as a woman with a dark past alongside Barry Ward as her unsuspecting Garda husband in Clean Sweep, a new six-part thriller …

Television • 28 Jul 22

Peaky Blinders creator invites Tom Holland to join film

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight said Spider-Man actor Tom Holland can finally join the ranks of the crime gang – after he was rejected following …

Television • 25 Feb 22

Charlene McKenna: 'The darkness took over'

Peaky Blinders' Charlene McKenna used her time on the Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ One on Saturday night to share the mental health difficulties she …

Television • 14 Feb 22

Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, RTÉ One and RTÉ Player, Saturday, 10:10pm

Guests for Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything revealed

TV presenter Dáithí Ó Sé, reality TV star Gemma Collins and actress Charlene McKenna will join Angela Scanlon this Saturday night.

Television • 26 Nov 21

Conleth Hill as Sergeant PJ Collins and Siobhán McSweeney as Bríd Riordan in Holding Photos: Conor Horgan/ITV

Best of Irish as Graham Norton's Holding starts filming

The ITV/Virgin Media Television adaptation of the Graham Norton bestseller Holding has begun filming in West Cork with Brenda Fricker, Conleth Hill, Charlene McKenna, Pauline …

Television • 29 Jul 21

The high-flying Paul Mescal as Jay Gatsby at The Gate in Dublin

Watch: Paul Mescal takes on his very first role

Before he rose to fame playing heartthrob Connell in Normal People, Paul Mescal could be seen in his very first role this week in 2017 …

Paul Mescal • 12 Jul 21

Charlene McKenna's wedding 'only took 35 attempts'

Charlene McKenna has told RTÉ Radio 1's The Ray D'Arcy Show that her lockdown wedding to Ripper Street co-star Adam Rothenberg "only took 35 different …

Television • 18 Feb 21

Line of Duty creator unveils Belfast thriller

The first trailer for Bloodlands, the Belfast-set BBC thriller starring James Nesbitt and executive produced by Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio, has been released.

Television • 01 Feb 21

Charlene McKenna unfazed by wedding uncertainty

Peaky Blinders star Charlene McKenna has told RTÉ Radio 1's Ray D'Arcy Show that although her wedding plans have gone "belly up" due to the …

Television • 05 May 20

James Nesbitt as detective Tom Brannick in Bloodlands

Irish stars join Nesbitt in BBC's Belfast thriller

Irish stars including Ripper Street's Charlene McKenna and The Young Offenders' Chris Walley have been cast opposite James Nesbitt in the BBC's new Belfast-set thriller, …

Television • 12 Feb 20

Charlene McKenna and Adam Rothenberg, image via Charlene McKenna/Instagram

Charlene McKenna announces engagement to former co-star

Charlene McKenna has announced her engagement to her boyfriend, fellow actor Adam Rothenberg.

Television • 27 Mar 19

Charlene McKenna says family saved from tragedy

Charlene McKenna has said the blaze at her family home "could have been wildly tragic" and has urged people to switch off and unplug electric …

Television • 12 Jun 18

Charlene McKenna's family home destroyed in fire

Actress Charlene McKenna has revealed that her family have had a lucky escape from a house fire - but their home in Co Monaghan was …

Television • 09 Jun 18

Charlene high kicks it in a new production of The Great Gatsby at Dublin's Gate Theatre

Charlene McKenna goes full flapper in The Great Gatsby

A new immersive production of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic The Great Gatsby has arrived at Dublin's Gate Theatre with Ripper Street star Charlene …

The Great Gatsby • 12 Jul 17

McKenna is currently in Dublin filming the Victorian crime drama Ripper Street

Irish stars play waiting game with US TV series

The Lifetime television network in the US has passed up its chance to make Clan of the Cave Bear, the prehistoric drama series, which includes …

Entertainment • 11 Nov 15

Charlene McKenna lands US role

Charlene McKenna has landed a role in the upcoming The Clan of the Cave Bear pilot for the US network Lifetime.

Entertainment • 28 May 15

Chance to win Jump on DVD

To mark the release of the acclaimed Irish film Jump on DVD and VoD, RTÉ TEN is giving you the chance to win the movie …

Entertainment • 15 Oct 13

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