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Storyland

7.0(1)
First Aired:March 1, 2009
Seasons:13 seasons
Episodes:46
Status:Returning Series

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.

Seasons

E1Happy Slappers

25m

Mar 1, 2009

E2Psych Ward

25m

Mar 8, 2009

E3Rental Boys

25m

Mar 15, 2009

E4Running Low

25m

Mar 22, 2009

E5Jenny Was a Friend of Mine

25m

Mar 29, 2009

E6Chez Spuds

25m

Apr 5, 2009

E7Pub World

25m

Apr 12, 2009

E8Hardy Bucks

25m

Apr 19, 2009

E9This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory

25m

Apr 26, 2009

E1Cuckoo, Part 1

25m

May 1, 2012

E2Cuckoo, Part 2

25m

May 8, 2012

E3Cuckoo, Part 3

25m

May 15, 2012

E4Cuckoo, Part 4

25m

May 22, 2012

E1Da Pick Up Artist

Aug 28, 2014

E1Costigan

25m

Jan 25, 2016

Ex-Garda detective Vi Costigan is released from prison after unjustly serving time for a crime she did not commit, She quickly realises that she must adapt her old skills to survive in a radically shifted world she now finds herself in.

E2Smitten

25m

Jan 25, 2016

Bronagh just found out she's pregnant with Dave's baby. Now, she just needs to find him.

E3Dinosaurs

25m

Jan 25, 2016

A young boy learns hard lessons in a post-apocalyptic world.

E4Hot Knives

25m

Jan 25, 2016

1995. Deepest suburbia. Fourteen year-old Charlie lives for his skateboard. Nothing else matters. But he is forced to take action when his wayward sister Sam steals vital medicine from their dad.

E5Quinn & O'Grady

25m

Jan 25, 2016

Jo Quinn, a hardnosed Garda, joins forces with a local Reserve Garda, Mary Bridget Quinn, to investigate bizarre happenings in the village of Blackhill.

E1Leave to Remain

25m

Oct 19, 2017

A Kurdish political activist flees Iran and arrives by truck in Ireland. But the asylum system overwhelms him and he resorts to desperate measures to have his voice heard.

E2On the Hemline

25m

Oct 19, 2017

When long-term unemployed Northsider Martha learns that her daughter Dawn has been accepted into a STEM program for bright children, she realises that she needs a job. Through the charity Hemline, she meets recently-widowed Southsider Sheenagh. Together, these two very different women embark on a journey of self-development in order to prepare Martha for her first job interview in years.

E3A Sign of Things

25m

Oct 19, 2017

Having lost his job when the factory closed, father Daniel is now seemingly devoting himself to the church. When his wife, stay-at-home mum Zara, agrees to let a racy cabaret club pay to advertise on the side of their house a family showdown ensues.

E4Cry Rosa

25m

Oct 19, 2017

A music obsessed mixed-race girl questions her identity when she becomes the victim of bullying in 1980s Belfast.

E1Flow

25m

Dec 10, 2018

A hip-hop love story about a macho MC who has to choose between his ego and the girl he loves.

E2Vanilla

25m

Dec 20, 2018

Sexually abused as a child, a homeless woman in the throes of addiction confronts her geriatric abuser, only to find he now suffers from dementia.

E3Everything Not Saved

25m

Dec 20, 2018

What do we remember and why? Three actors audition to play Rasputin in a music video, only to realize they know nothing about him because they're bad at sorting fact from fiction, joke from song lyric, history from Don Bluth cartoon.

E4Social Influence

25m

Dec 20, 2018

An emotionally broken woman fears her husband's blossoming relationship with a student will bring trouble. She must find the courage to stand up for herself, and him.

E5The Good Christian Women's Writing Group

25m

Dec 20, 2018

Three 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 accidentally joined a Christian writing group. In between some very funny and rather lewd story ideas from of one of the women, the group offers an escape for the youngest, as we learn the disturbing and all too common reasons for her depression.

E6Smother

25m

Dec 20, 2018

A young man from a small Tipperary town feels trapped by his home situation. Desperate to escape his small town life, he makes a terrible decision with far reaching consequences.

E1Wastewater

25m

Nov 25, 2019

Vinny and Lauryn fall for each other but their future together is threatened by their present.

E2Skip to the End

25m

Nov 25, 2019

A man suffering trauma is given a mysterious solution to skip past his pain.

E3Eat the Rich

25m

Nov 25, 2019

A young bicycle courier, struggling to survive in the gig economy, takes revenge on the boss who fired him.

E4A Deal's a Deal

25m

Nov 25, 2019

A misguided and disgruntled teenage pigeon fancier reacts badly to the death of her champion young bird.

E5Mushrooms

25m

Nov 25, 2019

A desperate housewife takes drastic measures to solve her problem. It's only then that she discovers that she, herself, may be the problem that someone else has decided to solve.

E6Yellow Bird

25m

Nov 25, 2019

Faced 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 for the pair.

E1Mustard

25m

Oct 20, 2022

Eilis is addicted to mustard. When she falls madly in love, she's sure her demons are finally banished, but when the relationship breaks down her shameful addiction to the yellow stuff returns with a vengeance.

E2Balor Hall

25m

Oct 27, 2022

As the Devereaux dynasty gather for their father's 60th birthday, a bountiful feast is prepared, old grudges are triggered, and murder is on the menu.

E3Every Five Miles

25m

Nov 3, 2022

A petrol station attendant is drawn into the harsh world of a trafficked immigrant car washer, torn between speaking out at the risk of losing everything.

E1Wrapped

25m

Oct 19, 2023

With cocaine worth thousands of euro strapped to their bodies, Lisa and Ali are intent on getting through airport security undetected.

E2The Cousin

25m

Oct 26, 2023

A young father is accepted into a prestigious art college and must tell his cousin he is leaving a life of crime behind.

E3Falling for the Life of Alex Whelan

25m

Nov 2, 2023

A young Chinese Irish woman meets the man of her dreams at a foreign language film club. She discovers the next day through social media that he has died. Piecing together who he was through his online life, she begins to wonder what could have been.

E1Shush

25m

Oct 31, 2024

Ruth's love for baby Fia is undeniable. But under the strain of loneliness and a difficult domestic existence, the mother impulsively makes a drastic decision.

E2I'm Yours

25m

Nov 7, 2024

Zo 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 to break with tradition and meet her fiancé before they get married. Will he meet Zo's expectations?

E3Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty?

25m

Nov 14, 2024

A troubled man, who has lost everything except his high end American refrigerator, drags it to his former home to show his neighbours how successful he is.

E1Episode 1

25m

Oct 30, 2025

E2Episode 2

25m

Nov 6, 2025

E3Episode 3

25m

Nov 13, 2025

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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.

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