Bright Lights, Dead City

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Bright Lights, Dead City: Episode 4. Writers’ Retreat

Episode 4. Writers’ Retreat

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Diarmuid thinks back to the original inspiration for the series.

With the lead actress still missing and rewrites piling up, Diarmuid can’t help but think about how he ended up in this predicament. Written by Séamas O'Reilly.

An American film crew descends on a Northern Irish city to make a lavish prestige drama series about the Troubles called ‘Dead City’, inspiring the locals to get involved in the production, only for filming to be halted by the mysterious disappearance of the lead actress.  

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Séamas O'Reilly is a columnist for the Observer and has written about media and politics for the Irish Times, New Statesman, Guts, and VICE. His memoir 'Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?' was an Irish Times Number One Bestseller and was awarded the Dubray Biography of the Year Award at the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards.

Reader: Dearbháile McKinney
Writer: Séamas O'Reilly
Producer: Michael Shannon
Exec Editor: Andy Martin

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