The BBC's new Irish crime drama Crá has released a whole host of new first-look photos ahead of its premiere in November.

The six-part series is set in an isolated village in the northwest of Ireland, with the plot kicking off when a Garda (Irish police officer) named Barry Roche finds a body buried in a bog.

Barry's co-worker Conall Ó Súilleabháin soon discovers that the dead body is his mother, who has been missing for a decade and a half.

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garda conall in cra
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alex murphy as barry roche, cra
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Due to that personal connection, Conall is barred from working on the case, so he teams up with a journalist who runs a true-crime podcast. Together, they will break the culture of silence that has fallen over the village and expose its deepest, darkest secrets.

Crá stars Dónall Ó Héalai, Alex Murphy, Hannah Brady, Barry McGovern, Róisín Murphy, Tara Breathnach, Caoimhe Farren and Alan Mahon.

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The series will be in Irish with English subtitles.

hannah brady as ciara kate, cra
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caoimhe farren as inspector conlon and alan mahon as detective keogh, cra
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alex murphy as barry roche, alan mahon as cathal keogh, cra
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Meanwhile, the BBC announced that Shetland season 9 (which was greenlit alongside a 10th season) will also come out in November, and it has a specific premiere date for BBC One and iPlayer.

Elsewhere, a second season of The Night Manager (which aired its first season on BBC One all the way back in 2016) looks like it recently started, or just about to start, filming. A third season of the show has also been confirmed, so it looks like they are making up for the long gap after season 1.

Crá doesn't currently have a specific premiere date, but it is set to air on BBC Northern Ireland and release on BBC iPlayer at some point in November.

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