Jack Irish is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on ABC TV on 14 October 2012. The series stars Guy Pearce as the title character, a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator and debt collector. Much of the action is set in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. Adapted from the detective novels by author Peter Temple, the telemovies and series Jack Irish were developed by Andrew Anastasios, Matt Cameron and Andrew Knight. They began as three feature-length movies, before being adapted into three six-episode series, the final one airing from June 2021. All three movies were directed by Jeffrey Walker, while Kieran Darcy-Smith serves as lead director on the series. Bad Debts, the first of the three feature-length movies, was watched by an average of 950,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the sixth most watched programme of the week.
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Andrew Anastasios, Matt Cameron, Andrew Knight |
| Screenplay by | Matt Cameron, Andrew Knight |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Walker, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Mark Joffe, Daniel Nettheim |
| Starring | Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Shane Jacobson, Damien Richardson |
| Theme music composer | David McCormack, Antony Partos |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Executive producer(s) | Andrew Knight |
| Producer(s) | Ian Collie, Andrew Anastasios |
| Cinematography | Martin McGrath |
| Editor(s) | Geoff Lamb |
| Running time | 100 minutes (Movies), 50 minutes (TV series) |
| Production company(s) | Easy Tiger Productions |
| Distributor | Acorn TV (United States), ZDF (Germany) |
| Original network | ABC TV |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
About Jack Irish
Jack sets out to find a missing person, only to be accused of his murder. Jack is caught in a web of powerful people from Fitzroy to the Philippines.
Achievement of Jack Irish
The series was based on the crime novels of Peter Temple.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Jack Irish
Detective television series.
Latest information about Jack Irish updated on July 28 2021.
