Kin (Irish TV series)

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Kin
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Peter McKenna; Ciaran Donnelly;
Written by	Peter McKenna
Directed by	Diarmuid Goggins; Tessa Hoffe;
Starring	Charlie Cox; Clare Dunne; Aidan Gillen; Emmett J. Scanlan; Maria Doyle Kennedy; Sam Keeley; Yasmin Seky; Ciarán Hinds; Francis Magee; Danielle Galligan;
Theme music composer	David Holmes
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Peter McKenna; Ciaran Donnelly; David Davoli; Samantha Thomas; Steven Thibault; Aaron L. Gilbert;
Producers	James Flynn; Edmund Sampson;
Production location	Dublin
Cinematography	James Mather
Editor	Edel McDonnell
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	RTÉ; Bron Studios; Headline Pictures; Nordic Entertainment Group;
Original release
Network	RTÉ (Ireland); AMC+ (US/Canada);
Release	9 September 2021 –; present

Kin is an Irish crime drama television series, co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciaran Donnelly, that first broadcast on 9 September 2021, on RTÉ. The series revolves around a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war, and stars Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds as rival gang leaders Frank Kinsella and Eamon Cunningham.

The series was first announced in November 2020, with co-creator Peter McKenna set as showrunner and Diarmuid Goggins as director of the first four episodes. Tessa Hoffe was later announced as director of episodes five to eight. In February 2022, the series premiered in the United States and Canada on AMC+, with Sundance Now premiering the series in the UK. A second series was announced on 10 February 2022, with production beginning in July.

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