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TV Show · Drama · Comedy

Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley, Luther) makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. With the help of his sharp-witted niece, Nancy (Eileen O'Higgins, Mary Queen of Scots), and eager new assistant, Conall Molloy (Kerr Logan, Alias Grace), Blennerhasset commemorates the recently deceased for grieving families. But when a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, tenacious detective Frederick Regan (Aidan O'Hare, Dublin Murders) drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. With a killer on the loose and a black-market trade of illicit pictures growing ever more dangerous, will Blennerhasset save his job or end up as dead as one of his subjects? Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem photography, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor.

2025 · 44m

Starring Michael Smiley, Kerr Logan, Eileen O'Higgins

Director Craig David Wallace

EPISODE 1

Photochemistry

In Victorian-era Ireland, portrait photographer Brock Blennerhasset has made a successful career out of commemorating the recently deceased. When one of his photographic plates goes missing—putting his reputation on the line—Blennerhasset hires eager gravedigger Conall Molloy to help find it.
EPISODE 2

Development

Blennerhasset and Molloy photograph a young boy who drowned, but when a heavy storm descends upon the area, it forces them to stay at a house that may be haunted. Desiring a more exciting social life, Blennerhasset’s niece, Nancy, attends a party, though her brother, Henry, puts a damper on the evening.
EPISODE 3

Daguerreotype

When Blennerhasset discovers that some of his camera equipment has gone missing, he and Nancy travel to an unsavory part of Dublin to track down Molloy, who has also disappeared. Meanwhile, Detective Regan follows up on a lead regarding the illicit photos circulating in Dublin’s black market.
EPISODE 4

Camera Obscura

When Nancy’s grandmother dies, Molloy is introduced to Blennerhasset’s difficult family during their memorial photography session. After a meeting with Henry’s eccentric friends, Molloy brings Blennerhasset and Nancy to a séance to capture a photograph of a ghost.
EPISODE 5

Snuff

After yet another dead body turns up, Regan tries to piece together the events of the séance and discovers Blennerhasset and his associates were in attendance. Blennerhasset and Molloy take a job out in the country, but when Molloy realizes the illicit photo album is in their possession, they rush back, worried that they could be suspects in a crime.
EPISODE 6

Only Memories Remain

Reeling from Henry’s murder, Blennerhasset sends Molloy and Nancy away, but the pair refuses to give up on him. When his life is threatened, Blennerhasset reveals he knows who created the album, but his silence has already put Nancy in danger.

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Michael Smiley

Brock Blennerhasset
Jimmy Smallhorne

Cecil Carruthers
Eileen O'Higgins

Nancy Vickers
Aidan O'Hare

Frederick Regan
Kerr Logan

Conall Molloy
Imogen Murphy

Director
Craig David Wallace

Director
John Morton

Writer
Imogen Murphy

Writer

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Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset (Michael Smiley, Luther) makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. With the help of his sharp-witted niece, Nancy (Eileen O'Higgins, Mary Queen of Scots), and eager new assistant, Conall Molloy (Kerr Logan, Alias Grace), Blennerhasset commemorates the recently deceased for grieving families. But when a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, tenacious detective Frederick Regan (Aidan O'Hare, Dublin Murders) drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly. With a killer on the loose and a black-market trade of illicit pictures growing ever more dangerous, will Blennerhasset save his job or end up as dead as one of his subjects? Set within the fascinating historical period of postmortem photography, this darkly comic series blends murder mystery with delightfully macabre humor.

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