Sideline Productions

Billy McGrath

34 Bloomfield Ave, Portobello
Portobello
D08 N5N2
Dublin 8
Ireland

Genres:

2024 series Ballroom Blitz (2 x hrs RTE). Adam Clayton discovers how showbands of the 1960s and 70s were the pioneers of the now globally successful Irish music industry

Citizens of Boomtown - the story of The Boomtown Rats - funded by BMG Films. 2 x hrs @ RTE. Feature length BBC's Arena plus premiered at the 2020 Dublin International Film Festival

6 part series filmed in Italy, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Holland and Greece. Award winning actor Ardal O'Hanlon explores the politics and the passion behind some of the most bitter local soccer derbies in Europe

Simon Delaney presents the RTE/BAI funded series looking at the great scandals, protests and seismic events that shapped modern Ireland

Sideline produced 2 x 10 ep series of the hit dating show TAKE ME OUT with star host Ray Foley

Rubberbandits special for UK's Channel 4 directed by Emmy Award winner Declan Lowney

For more up-to-date credits see www.sideline.ie

Sideline is a content creation company working with the brightest creative and commercial minds backed by a network of international broadcasters, distributors, and agency representation when required with ICM Partners (London & LA).

We do not accept unsolicited materials and, in 2021, focusing only on generating original scripted and non-scripted projects for the Irish and global market.

Productions
  • 2015
    The Secrets of Great British Castles (with Group M for Ch5) - sales DCD Rights
    History
  • 2015
    The Great Irish Bake Off Season 3 (with BBCW for TV3)
    Entertainment / Lifestyle
  • 2014
    Tales of Irish Castles (TV3/BAI) - sales DCD Rights)
    Factual
  • 2013
    The Rubberbandits (Channel 4)
    Comedy