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The Riordans | |
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Genre | Drama serial |
Created by | James Douglas |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
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Production locations | Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ One |
Release | 4 January 1965 28 May 1979 | –
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The Riordans was the second Irish television drama serial made by Telefís Éireann. It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its location filming with outside broadcast units, rather than using only television studios, broke the mould of broadcasting in the drama serial genre and inspired the creation of its British equivalent, Emmerdale Farm (now called Emmerdale) by Yorkshire Television in 1972.