The Dry is an Irish comedy-drama television series created by Nancy Harris and produced by Element Pictures for RTÉ. It stars Roisin Gallagher, Siobhán Cullen, Moe Dunford and Ciarán Hinds. The series premiered as a BritBox original on 5 May 2022.
A second series was released on ITVX on 14 March 2024. On 8 January 2025, it was renewed for a third and final series. It premiered on RTÉ One on 23 April 2026.
Synopsis Shiv Sheridan (Gallagher), a woman recovering from alcoholism, returns home to Dublin to face a family who are not terribly supportive of her sobriety. She is 35, and has spent the last ten years in London trying to make it as an artist, but has nothing to show for it. Having lost her job at a gallery and fallen out with flat mates who were always partying, she returns home for her Granny's funeral and asks her mother if she can stay. It is clear that the family all drink, sometimes to excess, and her brother does coke – so staying won't be easy.
Cast Main Roisin Gallagher as Shiv Sheridan Siobhán Cullen as Caroline Sheridan Pom Boyd as Bernie Sheridan Moe Dunford as Jack Adam John Richardson as Ant Sheridan Eoin Duffy as Rory Ciarán Hinds as Tom Sheridan Sam Keeley as Alex (series 2) Rick Donald as Daryl (series 3)
Recurring Emmanuel Okoye as Max Janet Moran as Karen Hélène Patarot as Mina Dagmar Döring as Kristen Stephen Hogan as Dan Barry Barnes as Simon Bryan Quinn as Eddie Marion O'Dwyer as Aunty Ag Charlotte Bradley as Aunty Rita Michael McElhatton as Finbar (series 2) Anthony Morris as Mickey Des Nealon as Uncle Joe Barry Barnes as Simon (series 1) Thommas Kane Byrne as Billy (series 2) Seán Doyle as Shane (series 2) Helen Norton as Dearbhla (series 2) Paula Lafayette as Marie-Luisa (series 2) Ruth Codd as Bibi (series 2) Justine Mitchell as Áine Harrington (series 2-3) Imogen Doel as Anna (series 3)
Episodes Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Production Harris was inspired to develop the series in 2016, given her sense of being estranged from her Irish identity. The series was in development from Element for RTÉ One in 2020, and it was confirmed that December that the project would receive funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. In August 2021, it was announced BritBox had commissioned The Dry from Element in association with Screen Ireland, ITV Studios and RTÉ. Harris is executive producing the series alongside Emma Norton, Michael Dawson, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe.
Alongside the commission came the casting announcement; Roisin Gallagher would lead the series along with Ciarán Hinds, Siobhán Cullen, Moe Dunford, Adam J. Richardson and Pom Boyd.
Principal photography for the first series began in August 2021.
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