Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be confidante, counselor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of daily life.
Episodes
Christine
Father Michael reaches out to a troubled parishioner, a single mother-of-three, who is badly struggling for money after a series of unfortunate events - but she rejects his attempts to help.
Helen
Father Michael counsels a desperate gambler, and a devoted mother witnesses the fatal police shooting of her mentally ill son - a tragedy the priest thinks he could have prevented.
Andrew
With the community in shock, Father Michael comforts PC Powell, who is being pressured to back up his colleagues' questionable version of events.
Roz
Father Michael risks breaking the seal of confession as he tries to help Roz Demichelis, while his childhood flashbacks intensify as his mother's condition deteriorates.
Carl
Father Michael has to mediate when Helen's devout brother, Daniel, clashes violently with her gay neighbour, Carl, as all try to come to terms with Vernon's death.
Father Michael
Father Michael makes a confession and Chloe wreaks a devastating revenge.
Top Cast
Sean Bean
Father Michael Kerrigan
Anna Friel
Christina Fitzsimmons
Paula Malcomson
Roz Demichelis
Adrian Dunbar
Father Peter Flaherty
Muna Otaru
Helen Oyenusi
Mark Stanley
P.C Andrew Powell
Aisling Loftus
P.C. Dawn Morris
Lauren Lyle
Chloe Demichelis
Vanessa Earl
Beth Kerrigan
Paul Copley
Joe Kerrigan
