Company Profile
Founded in 1999, Shinawil is one of Ireland's leading television production companies, renowned for creating some of the country’s most successful and beloved TV shows. With a reputation for delivering high-quality engaging content, Shinawil has produced iconic unscripted formats such as Dancing With The Stars, The Voice of Ireland, The Apprentice, Dragons’ Den, MasterChef Ireland, Popstars, and Home of the Year.
In recent years, Shinawil has expanded its slate to include critically acclaimed scripted drama, working with major international networks and studios. Their first drama series, Miss Scarlet & The Duke (2020), aired on PBS Masterpiece in 2021 and was co-produced with A&E International. This was followed by The Catch (2022) for Channel 5, Clean Sweep (2023) for RTÉ and Sundance Now, Maryland (2023) for ITVX , The Doll Factory (2023) for Paramount+ and The Faceless Lady (2024), the first known virtual reality series for Meta.
One of Shinawil's most anticipated projects was Borderline (2024), a gripping six-part original crime drama set on the Irish border. Co-produced with ZDF in Germany and Roku in the US, the series is streaming on MGM+ (UK) and Roku (US), with plans to air on ZDF in Q4 of 2024. Borderline exemplifies Shinawil’s skill in creating tense, character-driven dramas with international appeal.
Shinawil is also making its mark in feature films. The Miracle Club premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2023, with a star-studded cast including Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, and Laura Linney. The company’s next major feature, Cry From The Sea, featuring Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger, and Aidan Quinn, is currently in post-production.
With a reputation for innovation and quality, Shinawil continues to produce content that captivates audiences worldwide, supported by key partnerships with broadcasters like RTÉ, Channel 5, ITV, ZDF, and streaming platforms including Roku, MGM+, and Sundance Now.
Larry Bass
Mary Callery
Aaron Farrell
shinawil
ireland
LARRY BASS
CEO
MARY CALLERY
Head of International, Executive Producer
AARON FARRELL
Head of Drama
SARAH HEATHER
Head of Business Affairs
Company Highlights
EDIBLE WOMAN
Format: Series 8x60m
Genre: Psychological Drama
Screenplay: Eve Hedderwick Turner
Status: In development / Financing
Co-producing with Z Films Inc
Set across present-day London and 1960s Toronto, the Edible Woman is a psychological drama following the journey of two women trying to find themselves; Juno, a successful mixed-race PR Manager living in London and working for Britain’s version of GOOP, whose body goes into a physical shut down when she and her partner have their first baby, and Marian, a recent college graduate, whose happily normative 1960s life turns upside down after her boyfriend proposes to her. This sets in motion a spiraling identity crisis which materializes in Marian’s growing inability to eat; a physical manifestation for the inner turmoil she is going through as she tries to build herself a palatable future.
Their journey is one that uncovers fiercely guarded family secrets, the struggle against dominant social pressures that are threatening to consume them, and ultimately leads them to each other.
LOTTIE PARKER 2025/2026
Format: Series 6x50’
Genre: Crime, Drama
Screenplay: Lauren McKenzie
Status: Financing
The story takes place in an Irish midlands town, Ragmullin (population 20,000), just after Christmas. A woman’s body is found in the cathedral, strangled. Susan Sullivan, a public servant, has no enemies but no friends nor family either. When her colleague is found hanging from a tree some hours later, Detective Inspector Lottie Parker needs to find out how the two deaths are connected and why their bodies have the same tattoo on their thighs. Her investigation leads her to St. Angela’s, a children’s home from where in the seventies her own brother went missing never to be seen again. For Parker, recently widowed and juggling three children, a mother she can’t stand, and the biggest case of her career so far, everything is personal. The past will not stay buried…
HIDDEN LIES
Format : Series 6x50m
Genre : Psychological Thriller
Screenplay : Fran Harris
Status : In development / Financing
Cody, Georgina's seven-year-old son, has a new friend that he met in the park whom he refers to as 'New Granny'. He has had imaginary friends in the past and Bren, Georgina's husband, thinks that 'New Granny' is another one so he's unconcerned. Georgina, however, is not convinced and isn't sure what to believe. Her own mum, Rose, died only a few weeks ago so Cody could be trying to deal with his loss of Grandmother Rose, or could it be that someone is lurking in the shadows, watching? As Georgina worries for Cody's safety, those around her begin to question her sanity, even Georgina herself.