McCready and Daughter

Television series

Ming Ho
Robert Jones
Andrew McCulloch
John Flanagan

Directed by

Dermot Boyd
David Innes Edwards
A.J. Quinn

Starring

Lorcan Cranitch
Patsy Palmer
Brendan Coyle
David Westhead
Kim Thomson

Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)ProductionExecutive producers

Robert Bernstein
Kate Triggs

ProducerNick PittRunning time60 minutesProduction companyBBC Northern IrelandOriginal releaseNetworkBBC OneRelease15 June 2000 (2000-06-15) –
20 July 2001 (2001-07-20)

McCready and Daughter was a short-lived British television crime drama, broadcast on BBC One, from 15 June 2000 until 20 July 2001. Just six episodes of the series were produced.^{[citation needed]} The series starred Lorcan Cranitch and Patsy Palmer as Michael and Clare McCready, a father and daughter who are reunited through their work as private investigators within an Irish community in Kilburn, London, after Clare drops out of university and fails to find another job.

The part of Michael McCready was originally written for Tony Doyle, however Doyle died just days before filming was due to start. An initial pilot film was broadcast in 2000, before a series of five episodes followed in 2001. The series was originally written as a "star vehicle" for both Doyle and Palmer, paving the way for her return to television following her departure from EastEnders. The show's demise was blamed on poor viewing figures,^[1] and a lack of chemistry between the two main stars.^[2] The series has subsequently never been released on DVD.

Cast

Lorcan Cranitch as Michael McCready
Patsy Palmer as Clare McCready
Brendan Coyle as Donal McCready
David Westhead as DCI Alan Kendall
Kim Thomson as Laura Cooper

Episodes

Pilot (2000)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	British air date	UK viewers (million)^[3]
1	"McCready and Daughter"	A.J. Quinn	Ming Ho & Robert Jones	15 June 2000 (2000-06-15)	7.62
Michael is hired to track down a bare knuckle fighter who has disappeared without trace. During the investigation, he is forced to deal with his wayward daughter Clare, who has dropped out of university and cannot find a job.

Series (2001)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	British air date	UK viewers (million)^[3]
1	"Hobgoblin"	David Innes Edwards	Ted Gannon	21 June 2001 (2001-06-21)	5.66
Michael sends Clare undercover as a barmaid as the pair investigate the murder of a popular publican in a hit and run.
2	"The Dating Game"	Piers Haggard	Robert Jones	28 June 2001 (2001-06-28)	5.03
Michael's attempts to find romance through a dating agency go horribly wrong, forcing Clare to prove her father's innocence after the woman he meets for a date is found murdered later that night.
3	"Pasta La Vista"	Piers Haggard	John Flanagan & Andy McCulloch	5 July 2001 (2001-07-05)	4.63
Michael and Clare investigate the murder of a chef working at a local Italian restaurant, and uncover a complex web of secret relationships.
4	"Obsessions"	David Innes Edwards	John Martin Johnson	12 July 2001 (2001-07-12)	5.04
Michael's past comes back to haunt him when the disappearance of a con man and the discovery of a young girl's body bears all the hallmarks to an unsolved murder he worked on twelve years ago.
5	"No Bed of Roses"	Dermot Boyd	John Martin Johnson	20 July 2001 (2001-07-20)	Under 5.14
The death of a woman who had campaigned against building development arouses the suspicions of Michael and Clare. Michael offers to help a young woman whose local neighbourhood has become infested with gangs and violence, but finds himself up against the woman's volatile sister.