Kin (Irish TV series)

*Kin*
Kin
	Promotional poster for the first series
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Peter McKenna; Ciaran Donnelly;
Showrunner	Peter McKenna
Written by	Peter McKenna
Directed by	Diarmuid Goggins; Tessa Hoffe;
Starring	Charlie Cox; Clare Dunne; Aidan Gillen; Emmett J. Scanlan; Maria Doyle Kennedy; Sam Keeley; Yasmin Seky; Ciarán Hinds; Francis Magee; Danielle Galligan;
Theme music composer	David Holmes
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Peter McKenna; Ciaran Donnelly; Christian Baute; David Davoli; Samantha Thomas; Steven Thibault; Aaron L. Gilbert; Laurence Lenica; Franck Calderon; Tom Sherry;
Producers	James Flynn; Edmund Sampson;
Production location	Dublin
Cinematography	James Mather
Editor	Edel McDonnell
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	RTÉ; Bron Studios; Headline Pictures; Nordic Entertainment Group;
Original release
Network	RTÉ One (Ireland);
Release	9 September 2021

Kin is an Irish crime drama television series, co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciaran Donnelly, that was first broadcast on 9 September 2021 on RTÉ One. The series revolves around a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war, and stars Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds as rival gang leaders Frank Kinsella and Eamon Cunningham. It became one of the most-watched series in Ireland. A second series followed in 2023.The series was acquired by the BBC in 2023 and Netflix in 2024.