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Award-winning writer Debbie Horsfield returns to ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One with True Dare Kiss
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Every family has its secret - how far would you go to protect yours?
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Dervla Kirwan and Lorraine Ashbourne star in Debbie Horsfield's sparky, raw and
disturbing new six-part drama serial True Dare Kiss, an unfolding saga of intrigue, passion,
revenge and redemption coming to ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One this Spring.
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When estranged father Stan (played by David Bradley) dies in unexpected
circumstances, a secret buried for two decades threatens to surface.
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His son
and four daughters are torn between the need to hush up the facts and a desire
to uncover the truth behind one single cataclysmic event which shattered the
family 20 years before.
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A stranger since the events of that night, prodigal daughter, Phil (Dervla Kirwan) returns for the funeral to find her childhood home unchanged, but her
family virtually unrecognisable.
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Eldest sister Nita (Pooky Quesnel) runs her business, family and home with
ruthless efficiency, but her confident exterior belies a fragility born of the
terror that she is second best in her husband's eyes.
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Feisty and foul-mouthed Beth (Lorraine Ashbourne) contrives to terrorise
everyone from her fellow football hooligans to her long-suffering teenage sons.
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Reclusive brother Dennis (Paul Hilton), shares his life with strange
companions, but his peculiar coping strategies belie an even deeper
dysfunctionality.
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Tormented by persistent and sinister nightmares, Alice (Esther Hall) has barely
aged or matured since that fateful night, though it is she who, inadvertently,
holds the key to the entire mystery.
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And ex-lover Nash (Paul McGann) is eager to pick up where he and Phil left
off, despite the fact that he's now married to Nita.
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Forced to re-examine their actions, motives and even their memories, the
siblings grapple with old rivalries and new desires in this vibrant, witty and
at times darkly comic, roller-coaster ride.
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Debbie Horsfield says: "I've always been intrigued by family feuds, and the
way a single event can have catastrophic and long-standing consequences.
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"I'm
also fascinated by the tricks memory plays, how six people can witness the same
event, but each will remember it differently and will act according to their
own particular interpretation – often with disastrous consequences."
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The cast also includes: Brendan Coyle as Kaz; Dawn Steele as Tanya, Ciaran
McMenamin as Bryce and Samantha Blakey plays Lola.
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Kate
Harwood, Head of Series & Serials for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Drama Production, says: "We are thrilled to be producing a new Debbie Horsfield serial.
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"Complex,
characterful and witty with a compelling mystery at its heart, True Dare Kiss
marks a new departure for a unique and much-loved voice in contemporary British
drama."
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Currently filming in Manchester for transmission on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One in the spring, True
Dare Kiss is produced by Marcus Wilson.
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The directors are Jeremy Webb (episodes
1,2,3) and Declan O'Dwyer (episodes 4,5,6), and Executive Producers are Debbie
Horsfield (Cutting It, Making Out, The Riff-Raff Element and Born To Run) and
Kate Harwood.
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