Limited series · BBC One
Dublin Murders
Everybody is hiding something.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sarah Greene
Detective Cassandra 'Cassie' Maddox
8 eps
Killian Scott
Detective Sgt. Robert 'Rob' Reilly
8 eps
Peter McDonald
Jonathan Devlin
8 eps
Leah McNamara
Rosalind Devlin
8 eps
Conleth Hill
Superintendent O'Kelly
8 eps
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Detective Frank Mackey
8 eps
Kathy Monahan
Margaret Devlin
8 eps
Amy Macken
Katharine 'Katy' Devlin / Jessica Devlin
8 eps
Eugene O'Hare
Detective Quigley
8 eps
Moe Dunford
Detective Sam O'Neill
8 eps
Barry O'Connor
Cathal Mills
8 eps
Sam Keeley
Daniel March
8 eps
Ian Kenny
Garda Phelan
8 eps
Vanessa Emme
Abby Stone
4 eps
Maria Miles
Mrs. Donnelly
2 eps
Baz Black
Tattoo Artist (uncredited)
1 eps
Derek Carroll
Cameraman (1.1) (uncredited)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dublin Murders actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dublin Murders reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07 · Signature episode
Episode 7
Everything comes to a head as Cassie confronts Lexie’s killer and Rob has a breakthrough about Katy’s murder.
- Directed by John Hayes
- Written by Sarah Phelps
S01E05 · Signature episode
Episode 5
Rob makes costly mistakes as Cassie immerses herself in the art of being Lexie.
- Directed by Rebecca Gatward
- Written by Sarah Phelps
S01E02 · Signature episode
Episode 2
Despite Rob’s promise to Cassie that they won’t investigate Operation Vestal, they make a dark bargain to keep the secret and carry on working on the cases.
- Directed by Saul Dibb
- Written by Sarah Phelps
S01E04 · Signature episode
Episode 4
As Cassie struggles to make sense of Lexie’s life and death, we delve into her own difficult past. Meanwhile, Rob’s past finally yields some results in the Katy investigation.
- Directed by John Hayes
- Written by Sarah Phelps
S01E01 · Signature episode
Episode 1
In the summer of 2006 detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox are sent to investigate a child’s murder. They find a community caught between the old Ireland and the new.
- Directed by Saul Dibb
- Written by Sarah Phelps
S01E03
Episode 3
All of Knocknaree mourns as Katy Devlin is laid to rest, while the pressure on Rob and Cassie mounts as there are still no arrests in the case.
- Directed by John Hayes
- Written by Sarah Phelps
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07 · Signature episode
Episode 7
- Directed by John Hayes
- Written by Sarah Phelps
S01E05 · Signature episode
Episode 5
- Directed by Rebecca Gatward
- Written by Sarah Phelps
S01E04 · Signature episode
Episode 4
- Directed by John Hayes
- Written by Sarah Phelps
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ed GuineyExecutive Producer
- Carmel MaloneyProducer
Writing
- Chandni LakhaniWriter
- Sarah PhelpsWriter
Direction
- Saul DibbDirector
- Rebecca GatwardDirector
- John HayesDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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