8.4 /10 1 Votes
Also known as Hardy Bucks Ride Again Original language(s) English No. of episodes 16 Number of seasons 3 Number of episodes 16 | 8.3/10 IMDb No. of seasons 3 First episode date 9 October 2009 Network RTÉ One Genres Comedy, Miniseries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Martin MaloneyOwen ColganPeter CassidyTom KilgallonChris Tordoff Written by Martin Maloney, Chris Tordoff, Owen Colgan, Tom Kilgallon, Mike Cockayne Similar Republic of Telly, Love/Hate, Fair City, Bridget & Eamon, First Dates Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hardy Bucks is an Irish media series, filmed in mockumentary style and following the fictional exploits of a group of young Irishmen living in small-town Ireland.
Contents
- Hardy bucks new series the viper s back
- Production
- Protagonists
- Antagonists
- Other characters
- Live shows
- Film
- References
It started out as a series of largely improvised online. A six-part webisode series went on to win the 2009 Storyland competition held by Irish national broadcaster RTÉ Television.
Production
In January 2009, Hardy Bucks was shortlisted into the top ten of RTÉ's Storyland Project. A total of 122 applications participated in the new competition. After a Successful pitching round, Hardy Bucks was one of nine projects that were commissioned to make one episode. According to Poll Daddy, (Irish internet Poll server) votes poured in from across the globe. In September 2009 it was announced that Hardy Bucks had won Storyland.
September 2007, with a full cast of actors Martin Maloney, Chris Tordoff, Owen Colgan, Tom Kilgallon, Peter Cassidy, formed the core group of Hardy Bucks. After borrowing camera from equipment from BCFE and help from friends and family, they shot Hardy Bucks Episodes 1-3. After sitting on the footage for a year, Tordoff uploaded the shorts to YouTube.
Hardy Bucks was entered into the RTÉ Storyland competition and from a total of 122 applications to participate in the competition, nine projects were commissioned to make one episode each. These episodes were released in March 2009. With all nine projects on the website, the public could vote for their favourite and at the end of every month the shows with the lowest amount of votes would be voted off, leaving the remaining teams to make the next episode with the same €8,000 budget per episode, ultimately the team with the largest amount of votes between the two finalists wins the competition.
The programme has been compared to Trailer Park Boys, a Canadian mockumentary, with Tordoff citing the show as an influence. The show was filmed on location in Swinford, County Mayo.
In May 2010 director Mike Cockayne joined as a writer and producer. The Hardy Bucks have filmed a Christmas special and second series with director Liz Gill.
Irish Comedy series Created by Mike Cockayne was commissioned and broadcast by RTÉ from 12 October 2010 until 26 October 2010. Following the success of their debut television series, the Hardy Bucks were commissioned by RTÉ to produce a half-hour Christmas special which aired on 26 December 2010.
Starring Martin Maloney as Eddie Durkan, Chris Tordoff as 'The Viper'. It is written by and produced by Mike Cockayne, Hardy Bucks features Peter Cassidy, Owen Colgan and Tom Kilgallon, plus a cast of extras from Swinford and beyond. The series was directed by Liz Gill.
The three-episode television series, written by the writing trio Tordoff, Maloney and Cockayne, was commissioned and broadcast by RTÉ from 12 October 2010 until 26 October 2010.[3] Following the success of their debut television series, the Hardy Bucks were commissioned by RTÉ to produce a half-hour Christmas special which aired on 26 December 2010. The Hardy Bucks' second series, a six-episode run, was broadcast by RTÉ during 2011.
The Hardy Bucks Movie was released by Universal Pictures in Feb 2013, achieving Box Office No 1 on its opening weekend and becoming the most successful Irish film of 2013.
Hardy Bucks returned with a 3rd series in November 2015.
Protagonists
Antagonists
Other characters
Live shows
The Hardy Bucks have performed live shows across Ireland and the UK, at venues including The Academy, Dublin and Three Sisters, Edinburgh, The Garage (music venue) London, Electric picnic festival 2011, Roisín Dubh (Galway).
Film
On 28 November 2012, a trailer was released to promote The Hardy Bucks Movie, scheduled for cinematic release on 21 February 2013. The film follows the Hardy Bucks as they travel to Poland to support the Irish football team during the UEFA Euro 2012 football tournament. The film was partly funded by the Irish Film Board, which granted the project a €175,000 production loan and produced by Universal Studios. The film had a budget of €300,000 and was an Irish box office success. It grossed €176,887 on its opening weekend from 57 locations. To date, The Hardy Bucks Movie has taken over €500,000 at the Irish box office.
Series 1 released 12 December 2010. Series 2 released 12 December 2011.