Kallie, right now I don't know the answer to that.  Clean Break was produced for RTE, they've not released info if they are going to transmit it on any other non-Irish channels.  God I hope so! More exposure is good exposure. I know they do have an On-Demand streaming on their website which will likely be the only way for me (in America) to see it.

Rest assured, any and all info available as transmission date gets nearer will be shared on the Forum.  We're spies! 

http://www.rte.ie/playerinternational/

I think you need an Irish itunes account.  If you have one, then you can watch anywhere...  Hopefully it might be shown on a channel in the UK too though??  Fingers crossed!  I'm so close to Ireland, alternatively I could just swim over?   (Would not want to swim that water!!!)

Also, I saw series 1 of Love/Hate on the telly here so things definitely are shown.  Although I see there are a lot more series' of it than one.  I had wondered why I hadn't seen it return...  Maybe it has and I just missed it?

Also likelyhood of TV appearances on Irish talk shows should be high me thinks! 

Thanks for posting the link for the RTE player app littleimpulse. I've found it only shows the basic, then there is a £6.99 monthly prescription. Fingers crossed Clean Break is accessible, as it airs!

Your guess is as good as mine fifi, but as posted by whimsy earlier, Adam Fergus said Clean Break is due in October, which sounds quite specific!

 

Ok so I've been terrible at keeping this updated. New show coming to Irish TV in October "Clean Break". I'll be... http://t.co/zOX9pKg053

— Adam Fergus (@adamfergus) April 11, 2015

I'm no expert on the TV definition of seasons but I'd have thought October was more of an Autumn / Fall thing than Christmas!

Either way... this isn't coming soon enough!!!!!!!!!!

I never really thought about television scheduling until I started following Damien's career. The uncertainty annoys me, and the rest of us, I suppose. I wonder if it annoys the people involved in these tv and film projects?

Imagine joining a cast and crew, pouring your heart into a role, focusing your best efforts, setting aside your life to go on location. Imagine this immersive experience, where friendships are built behind the scenes, where small impositions are set aside for the sake of creating something everyone can be proud of. Imagine a community of artists coming together and then, suddenly, it's over. The community disbands, the work is done, the person you lived in is hung in the closet like a shirt you have no place to wear. You move on, to another role, another location, another community of artists.

It's all so transient. So much dedication poured into something you ultimately have no control over. And by the time it reaches an audience, your work may have been turned into something you no longer fully recognize.

It seems to me that acting in a production like this is, more than anything, an act of faith. A form of trust. You create and walk away. That takes strength of character.

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I never really thought about television scheduling until I started following Damien's career. The uncertainty annoys me, and the rest of us, I suppose. I wonder if it annoys the people involved in these tv and film projects?

Imagine joining a cast and crew, pouring your heart into a role, focusing your best efforts, setting aside your life to go on location. Imagine this immersive experience, where friendships are built behind the scenes, where small impositions are set aside for the sake of creating something everyone can be proud of. Imagine a community of artists coming together and then, suddenly, it's over. The community disbands, the work is done, the person you lived in is hung in the closet like a shirt you have no place to wear. You move on, to another role, another location, another community of artists.

It's all so transient. So much dedication poured into something you ultimately have no control over. And by the time it reaches an audience, your work may have been turned into something you no longer fully recognize.

It seems to me that acting in a production like this is, more than anything, an act of faith. A form of trust. You create and walk away. That takes strength of character.

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Beautifully said!  

I recently rewatched the rap video Philip John shared, and was thinking about friendships made while filming a project. (or doing a stage run).  Acting IS such a transient thing, which in part I'm sure is a thrill - new projects, new people, new locations.  But bittersweet when it ends.  The emotional investment in immersing yourself in a character, of being at the mercy of directorial, production, distribution whims, of forming attachments that will likely fade once the project is over  - you have to have a tough skin to purposely put yourself through that.

What's Clean Break about? Did we ever find out?

Potential good news for International fans - I am able to access RTE's iPlayer (Live and On-Demand) no problem from the U.S.

http://www.rte.ie/player/us/

Where there's a Whimsy, there's a way!