Really?!

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  1. This comes up a lot. It’s a British – made TV show set in Ireland.

    I don’t think it’s necessarily a stretch to call it British.

  2. It was written, directed and produced by Irish people, starring Irish actors and portraying quintessentially Irish plots, characters, motifs, etc. The British thankfully gave it a platform and I’m happy to call it a joint British-Irish programme but it can’t be described as just British.

  3. Yeah made by a British channel but with irish writers and cast and a lot of it shot in Ireland. Your phone is most likely made in China but it doesn’t make it a Chinese phone.

  4. https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/countries

    IMDb defines the country of a title as the place or places where the production companies for that title are based, and therefore where the financing originated. This means, for example, even if a title is shot on location in France, if its production companies are all based in the USA, we record the country as USA

    Edit: the show was made by Hat Trick productions who are based in London

  5. A counter to all the ‘producer’ arguments here: An Irish artist who uses an American producer to produce and publish their music wouldn’t have their music considered American

  6. Well RTE told Graham Linehan to pretty much f*ck off in a nice way so now Channel 4 and the brits own one of Irelands greatest comedy shows, so blame RTE.

    Derry Girls is Channel 4 again, how about the RTE stick their gritty drama’s up there arse’s and stop loosing our own writers to the UK.

    Either way do I think the RTE could give any of these writers the same support Channel 4 did ? most likely not. RTE is a Waste of public money.

  7. You guys are aware that all the interior sets were in the UK?
    The only Irish parts were the exterior shots of the house and the occasional outdoor event.
    The vast majority of filming and production was done in the UK by Channel 4

  8. Everyone is saying it’s British because it was funded/produced by a British company but no one calls the foreign productions made by Netflix American.

    If it’s nearly all Irish talent that made it, it’s creator is Irish and is based on the culture I would say it’s Irish.

  9. This is a British production. Same as braveheart is a Hollywood movie.

    As much as the title pains me, there’s actually nothing wrong with it

  10. Technically British since it’s s British production company and that’s whst determines “nationality”.

    Obviously Irish writers, cast, setting, themes etc. so I’d consider it Irish all the same.

  11. Calling it British is uncomfortable but technically correct. Calling it both British and Irish in the same article, those are fighting words

  12. To put it in simpler terms: if you, an Irish writer, writes a story for an British magazine your story now belongs to an British magazine.

  13. It’s literally British-Irish. Made by a British production company for a British channel, with Irish writers and actors, filmed in both Britain and Ireland.

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