MOONE BOY (2012 - 2015)

 

Created by: Chris O'Dowd

Starring: Chris O'Dowd, David Rawle, Deirdre O'Kane, Peter McDonald, Ian O'Reilly, Aoife Duffin, Clare Monnelly, Sarah White, Steve Coogan, Evan O'Hanlon, Johnny Vegas, Steve Wall, Norma Sheahan, Ronan Raftery, Tom Hickey, Jessica Barrett, Andrew Bennett, Steve Blount, Dawn Bradfield, Niall Breslin, Hope Brown, Robert Callaghan, Siubhan Conlon, Don Conroy, Gary Cooke, David Cosgrave, Carlo Cretaro, Jemma Curran, Simon Day, Simon Delaney, Brendan Dempsey, Mark Doherty, Robert Donnelly, Dagmar Doring, Sheila Flitton, Tara Flynn, Megan Folan, Brendan Frayne, Cillian Frayne, Bronagh Gallagher, Donal Gallery, Lisa Garvey, Stephen Gillic, George Hamilton, Frances Healy, Iulius Hegedus, David Herlihy, Gary Hetzler, Maeve Higgins, Sharon Horgan, Mark Huberman, Jessica Hynes, Danny Kehoe, Joseph M. Kelly, Nuala Kelly, Craig Kenny, Natalia Kostrzewa, Pat Laffan, Mary Barry Leonard, Rosaleen Linehan, Louis Lovett, Sharon Mannion, Ruth McCabe, Brid McCarthy, Patrick McDonnell, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Pat McGrath, Jamie McIntyre, Jeff Mirza, John Mulligan, Gary Murphy, Nick Vincent Murphy, Des Nealon, Mark Nicholson, Hugh O'Conor, Johnny O'Dowd, Sean O'Dowd, Aidan O'Hare, Daithi O'Suilleabhain, Darragh O'Toole, Enda Oates, Mícheál Óg Lane, David Pearse, Rachel Pilkington, John Quinn, John Reynolds, Gene Rooney, Paul Rudd, John Sessions, Prachi Sharma, Pat Shortt, Eleanor Tiernan, Billie Traynor, Paul Tylak, Terry Wogan, Don Wycherley

18 episodes

(TV-14 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

Seán Murphy is the imaginary friend of 12-year-old Martin Paul Moone, the only boy in a family living in Boyle, a small town in County Roscommon in the rural West of Ireland. Martin, aided by his imaginary friend, has a unique perspective on life. His imagination comes into play both in his childish drawings, which come alive through animation, and in the ridiculous schemes he comes up with, against Seán's better judgement. With Seán's help, Martin negotiates life as the youngest member of a chaotic, scatterbrained family.

season 1 - 

Martin celebrates his 12th birthday. While his sisters don't exactly go all-out with their gifts, Martin is thrilled with his Readybix bike from Mam and Dad, although it doesn't last long when the local bullies, Jonner and Conner Bonnor (Who Sleep in Beds at Nighttime in Pyjamas) decide to intervene. Dad tries to even the score with the Bonner brothers with unexpected consequences i.e. he finds a soul mate in their father. Martin befriends new boy Trevor to dine on his family's regular gourmet meals while Debra is too distracted with political campaigning to feed her youngest child. Ma Moone and her friends hope to incite "girl power" in the local area by canvassing for politician Prof. Mary Robinson during the Presidential Election of 1990. However, they're less than thrilled when they're forced to turn to fishy rich man Francie "Touchie" Feeley for funding. Using the battle for the bathroom as an opportunity to catch extra zeds, Martin falls foul of Sinéad's pranks when she covers him in make-up while he's asleep. Unable to get to a mirror, Martin heads off to school unaware of his new look. He then discovers a short cut to school which will stop him falling prey to his sister's pranks. Uncle Danny arrives just in time for Martin's birds-and-the-bees talk with Mam and Dad. Seán seeks solace with other imaginary friends when Martin dumps him under the influence of his visiting musician uncle. When Danny shows the pictures of his travels, when he talks of the French town of Lyon, the picture actually shows the Swiss city of Lausanne with a famous Tl bus. While Fidelma joins the church choir, Martin's confirmation service leads to an epiphany: he wants to become an altar boy. Has he got what it takes? Can he keep to the Altar Boys Code? What will Ma and Pa Moone think of a son as an Altar Boy and a daughter in the choir? It's a big moment in the life of young Martin Moone: his last week of national school (primary school). Martin and Pádraic have some interesting plans to be remembered in future years. For Sinéad, if she finishes top of her class, the prospect of going to the Girl Guides' Jamboree awaits. For Trisha her exam prospects are somewhat poor and Fidelma has issues with boyfriend Dessie. 

season 2 - 

Martin is appalled when his dad takes the family on holiday during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, so he tries to hitch-hike back to Boyle to watch a vital match on home turf. It's the dawn of a new era for Martin Moone as he begins secondary school, and while he isn't impressed with his friends' talk about girls, he soon changes his tune when he meets art teacher Miss Tivnan, a vision at the blackboard who sparks a romantic rivalry between him and Sean. Meanwhile, Dessie has an important question for Fidelma. Back in the summer, Martin and Padraic started building a raft. They planned to sail down the river into town, buy ice cream and frolic in the water. But now it's October and the raft still isn't quite finished. So instead, they'll make it a Halloween ghost ship. Like all young lads in the early '90s, Martin wants (needs) a Sega Mega Drive. Be gone, slinky; hello, magic machine. But Liam is having none of it: not only is this whole computer thing just a fad, work is slow and money is tight. Fidelma and Dessie's big day is just a week away and wedding fever has gripped the Moone household. Celebration is in the air as St Patrick's Day dawns, but the Moones are having a different kind of party today: Fidelma's wedding.

season 3 - 

In September 1991, Liam and Debra abandon the kids for a romantic break to celebrate their 20th anniversary – but it all threatens to fall apart after a chance encounter with Liam's old flame. Meanwhile, Martin and Padraic are in Dublin, where they soon discover new talents. Sick of being caught between two warring parents, Padraic goes on the run with Martin. Crunchie Haystacks struggles to cope, too. While the Moone house is bursting at the seams, Martin and Padriac try to film a hilarious home video. Aliens have landed in Boyle. When crop circles are discovered in their wake, Martin and Padraic couldn't be more thrilled. No sooner have the lads embarked on a UFO hunt than Donkey Kong mysteriously disappears. Dessie dreams of opening Boyle's first Catholic bookshop. Also Martin (Noah's identical twin brother) was advised to leave the toilet because of the horrible disgusting rotten smell. Granddad Moone's childhood imaginary friend, George Gershwin, has returned.