The Running Mate

The Running Mate is a 4 x 1 hour TV comedy drama  for TG4 about skulduggery in Irish politics. In 2008 the series won the IFTA for Best Drama Serial.

  • 2007 | Treasure Entertainment

  • 1h x 4 Episodes | Drama

  • Producer: Rebecca O’Flanagan

  • Director: Declan Recks

  • Writer: Mark Cantan, Nick Vincent Murphy, Marcus Fleming

  • Cast: Denis Conway, Don Wycherley, Eamonn Hunt

8 IFTA 2008 Nominations and Winner for Best Single Drama/Drama Serial

“Brilliant... keen sharp satire”

– Irish Independent

“best Irish-made drama in years
  and perhaps in memory”

– The Irish Times

“...refreshingly gutsy and cliché-free”

– Róisín Ingle for The Irish Times

“Truly marvelous... A political drama with balls”

         – The Irish times