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Storyland

TV·2009–present·11 seasons, 47 episodes·RTÉ2·Drama·25m·Created by David Crean

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Storyland is an award-winning initiative by RTÉ.ie and Screen Ireland, a program that develops and showcases new, original Irish short dramas by emerging talent in writing, directing, and acting. It operates as a competitive call-out for scripts, with the top finalists receiving funding and support to produce their 25-minute short dramas, which are then broadcast on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

Episodes by season

Season019Episodes2009AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Happy SlappersMarch 1, 2009
  2. S01E02Psych WardMarch 8, 2009
  3. S01E03Rental BoysMarch 15, 2009
  4. S01E04Running LowMarch 22, 2009
  5. S01E05Jenny Was a Friend of MineMarch 29, 2009
  6. S01E06Chez SpudsApril 5, 2009
  7. S01E07Pub WorldApril 12, 2009
  8. S01E08Hardy BucksApril 19, 2009
  9. S01E09This Is Not a Conspiracy TheoryApril 26, 2009

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season044Episodes2012AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Cuckoo, Part 1May 1, 2012
  2. S04E02Cuckoo, Part 2May 8, 2012
  3. S04E03Cuckoo, Part 3May 15, 2012
  4. S04E04Cuckoo, Part 4May 22, 2012

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season051Episodes2014AiredSeason avg
Season065Episodes2016AiredSeason avg
  1. S06E01CostiganJanuary 25, 2016Ex-Garda detective Vi Costigan is released from prison after unjustly serving time for a crime she did not commit, She quickly realises that
  2. S06E02SmittenJanuary 25, 2016Bronagh just found out she's pregnant with Dave's baby. Now, she just needs to find him.
  3. S06E03DinosaursJanuary 25, 2016A young boy learns hard lessons in a post-apocalyptic world.
  4. S06E04Hot KnivesJanuary 25, 20161995. Deepest suburbia. Fourteen year-old Charlie lives for his skateboard. Nothing else matters. But he is forced to take action when his w
  5. S06E05Quinn & O'GradyJanuary 25, 2016Jo Quinn, a hardnosed Garda, joins forces with a local Reserve Garda, Mary Bridget Quinn, to investigate bizarre happenings in the village o

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season074Episodes2017AiredSeason avg
  1. S07E01Leave to RemainOctober 19, 2017A Kurdish political activist flees Iran and arrives by truck in Ireland. But the asylum system overwhelms him and he resorts to desperate me
  2. S07E02On the HemlineOctober 19, 2017When long-term unemployed Northsider Martha learns that her daughter Dawn has been accepted into a STEM program for bright children, she rea
  3. S07E03A Sign of ThingsOctober 19, 2017Having lost his job when the factory closed, father Daniel is now seemingly devoting himself to the church. When his wife, stay-at-home mum
  4. S07E04Cry RosaOctober 19, 2017A music obsessed mixed-race girl questions her identity when she becomes the victim of bullying in 1980s Belfast.

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

Season086Episodes2018AiredSeason avg
  1. S08E01FlowDecember 10, 2018A hip-hop love story about a macho MC who has to choose between his ego and the girl he loves.
  2. S08E02VanillaDecember 20, 2018Sexually abused as a child, a homeless woman in the throes of addiction confronts her geriatric abuser, only to find he now suffers from dem
  3. S08E03Everything Not SavedDecember 20, 2018What do we remember and why? Three actors audition to play Rasputin in a music video, only to realize they know nothing about him because th
  4. S08E04Social InfluenceDecember 20, 2018An emotionally broken woman fears her husband's blossoming relationship with a student will bring trouble. She must find the courage to stan
  5. S08E05The Good Christian Women's Writing GroupDecember 20, 2018Three working-class Belfast women join a writing group, in an effort to lift the mood of the youngest of the trio, only to learn they've acc
  6. S08E06SmotherDecember 20, 2018A young man from a small Tipperary town feels trapped by his home situation. Desperate to escape his small town life, he makes a terrible de

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

Season096Episodes2019AiredSeason avg
  1. S09E01WastewaterNovember 25, 2019Vinny and Lauryn fall for each other but their future together is threatened by their present.
  2. S09E02Skip to the EndNovember 25, 2019A man suffering trauma is given a mysterious solution to skip past his pain.
  3. S09E03Eat the RichNovember 25, 2019A young bicycle courier, struggling to survive in the gig economy, takes revenge on the boss who fired him.
  4. S09E04A Deal's a DealNovember 25, 2019A misguided and disgruntled teenage pigeon fancier reacts badly to the death of her champion young bird.
  5. S09E05MushroomsNovember 25, 2019A desperate housewife takes drastic measures to solve her problem. It's only then that she discovers that she, herself, may be the problem t
  6. S09E06Yellow BirdNovember 25, 2019Faced with the eviction from her home by her own daughter, an elderly mother takes in a refugee as freedom takes on a new relative meaning f

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

Season103Episodes2022AiredSeason avg
  1. S10E01MustardOctober 20, 2022Eilis is addicted to mustard. When she falls madly in love, she's sure her demons are finally banished, but when the relationship breaks dow
  2. S10E02Balor HallOctober 27, 2022As the Devereaux dynasty gather for their father's 60th birthday, a bountiful feast is prepared, old grudges are triggered, and murder is on
  3. S10E03Every Five MilesNovember 3, 2022A petrol station attendant is drawn into the harsh world of a trafficked immigrant car washer, torn between speaking out at the risk of losi

Season 10 ranked & reviewed

Season113Episodes2023AiredSeason avg
  1. S11E01WrappedOctober 19, 2023With cocaine worth thousands of euro strapped to their bodies, Lisa and Ali are intent on getting through airport security undetected.
  2. S11E02The CousinOctober 26, 2023A young father is accepted into a prestigious art college and must tell his cousin he is leaving a life of crime behind.
  3. S11E03Falling for the Life of Alex WhelanNovember 2, 2023A young Chinese Irish woman meets the man of her dreams at a foreign language film club. She discovers the next day through social media tha

Season 11 ranked & reviewed

Season123Episodes2024AiredSeason avg
  1. S12E01ShushOctober 31, 2024Ruth's love for baby Fia is undeniable. But under the strain of loneliness and a difficult domestic existence, the mother impulsively makes
  2. S12E02I'm YoursNovember 7, 2024Zo is a high-flying solicitor in Ireland's top law firm, but she's harbouring a secret: she's engaged to a man she's never met. Zo decides t
  3. S12E03Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty?November 14, 2024A troubled man, who has lost everything except his high end American refrigerator, drags it to his former home to show his neighbours how su

Season 12 ranked & reviewed

Season133Episodes2025AiredSeason avg
  1. S13E01Episode 1October 30, 2025
  2. S13E02Episode 2November 6, 2025
  3. S13E03Episode 3November 13, 2025

Season 13 ranked & reviewed

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