Tall Tales & Murder expands across Europe after RTÉ launch
Irish comedy thriller Tall Tales & Murder has sold to Spain, Portugal and Central and Eastern Europe as its rollout outside Ireland continues.
Filmin has taken the show for Spain and Portugal, while Picbox has taken it for Central and Eastern Europe, according to Deadline. Those deals follow earlier sales to SBS in Australia and ZDF in Germany. Avalon, which produces the series with Metropolitan Pictures, handles international distribution.
The series is an RTÉ and BBC drama. It premiered on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player on 27 September, airing Sundays at 9:40pm, with six episodes listed on RTÉ Player. It was slated to air on the BBC in the UK as of October 2026.
It arrives with two runs already secured. The show received a two-season order, meaning both seasons were commissioned together rather than waiting to see how the first performs. That gives the writers' room and a crew of more than 200 a finished story to work toward.
The cast is led by Ella Lily Hyland as Bridget, alongside Aidan Gillen and Philippa Dunne. Casey Walsh also stars, billed as a rapper-turned-actor. The show was written by Stuart Carolan, the creator of Love/Hate, and co-created by Chris Addison.
Addison is an Emmy-winning director known for his work on The Thick of It, and he serves as an executive producer alongside Richard Allen-Turner. The series is based on the Dublin Trilogy books by Caimh McDonnell and is described by the BBC as a darkly comedic crime drama.
The plot centres on a Dublin gangster who wakes from a coma with word of a buried hoard. The story stretches from 8th Century Viking Ireland to modern-day Dublin gangland, mixing crime and comedy. Six episodes. Big twists. No homework required.
Behind the sales, Addison travelled to MIPCOM in Cannes, the international television market where channels and streamers buy programmes, to meet buyers face to face. For viewers outside Ireland, the new deals mean the show now has homes in more European territories before its BBC launch.
