Republic of Doyle

Republic of Doyle
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Genre	Comedy-drama Police procedural
Created by	Allan Hawco Malcolm MacRury Perry Chafe
Starring	Allan Hawco Seán McGinley Lynda Boyd Rachel Wilson
Opening theme	"Oh Yeah" by Great Big Sea
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Allan Hawco
Production location	St. John's, Newfoundland
Running time	44 min
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	6 January 2010 – present

Republic of Doyle is a Canadian comedy-drama television series, which debuted 6 January 2010 on CBC Television.

The show stars Seán McGinley and Allan Hawco as Malachy and Jake Doyle, a father and son who partner as private investigators in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Cast

• Allan Hawco – Jake Doyle
• Seán McGinley – Malachy Doyle
• Lynda Boyd – Rose Miller
• Rachel Wilson – Nikki Renholds
• Krystin Pellerin – Leslie Bennett
• Marthe Bernard – Tinny Doyle
• Michelle Nolden – Allison Jenkins
• Mark O'Brien – Des Courtney
• Sean Panting – Walter
• Bob Cole – Voice of the Republic

Characters

• Jake Doyle – Jake is a 30 year-old man living with his father Malachy because his ex-wife Nikki kicked him out. He works as a private investigator with his father, Mal and his father’s wife, Rose. He is over-protective of his 16 year old niece, Tinny. He is the youngest child of Mal Doyle and his late wife Mary Ann, and their second son. He also drives a 1968 Pontiac GTO.

• Malachy Doyle – Malachy, known as Mal or Skipper and Poppy, is a private investigator with his son, Jake in their business "Doyle and Doyle." He is 56 and has 3 “grown” children, Christian, Kathleen and Jake, and one granddaughter Tinny who is living with him while her mother (Kathleen Doyle) is away working in Alberta. His girlfriend Rose lives with him, his granddaughter, and his youngest son Jake. He pokes fun at Jake's somewhat 'unsuccessful' relationship with women.

• Rose Miller – Rose is Mal's girlfriend. She works as the office manager/secretary/techie for Doyle and Doyle. She seems to have a love/hate relationship with her husband’s granddaughter Tinny and his son Jake. Rose's criminal ex-husband, Martin Poole, keeps turning up.

• Nikki Renholds – Nikki is Jake's ex-wife. Nikki is a physician at a St. John's hospital. Nikki helped out with different cases in the first few episodes.

• Leslie Bennett – Leslie is a Sergeant in the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who is friends/lovers with Jake and gives him information to help with his cases. Leslie is Jake's source of distraction from his cases and personal life.

• Tinny Doyle – Tinny is the daughter of Kathleen Doyle. She lives with her grandfather, Mal or Poppy as she calls him, Uncle Jake and grandfather’s wife, Rose. She is 16 and can’t stand her grandfather and uncle's over-protective nature. She has a love/hate relationship with her grandfather's girlfriend, Rose and one of the employees and main characters, Des Courtney.

• Des Courtney – Des is the fashion-challenged and delinquent graffiti artist who tags the town and Jake’s beloved Pontiac GTO until Jake brings him to heel – and into the employ of Doyle and Doyle Investigations. He is 19 and has a crush on Tinny, leading Jake to dislike him.

• Walter McLean – Walter has been Jake's best friend since kindergarten and his wing-man that used to be right behind Jake in a fight. He is currently Jake's lawyer in his divorce from his wife Nikki. Walter usually isn't in many of the episodes, but still he is important.

• Allison Jenkins – Allison is the crown attorney and has all the things that turn Jake's head. What was once strictly professional has since turned into a romantic relationship.

Production

The show is filmed in St. John's, Newfoundland. The show's star, Allan Hawco, is also executive producer/showrunner/co-creator and head writer of the show.

Other producers include John Vatcher (exec producer), Rob Blackie, Perry Chafe (co-creator and writer) and Michael Levine.

In March 2010, CBC Television renewed Republic of Doyle for a second season. Production resumed in St. John's in June 2010; the second season started airing in Canada on January 12 2011.

On February 11, 2011, CBC announced that Republic of Doyle would be renewed for a third season. On July 4, 2011, production started on the first episode of that season, which premiered January 11, 2012 on CBC TV. It features Oscar winner Russell Crowe as a major guest star, as well as Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand and Alan Doyle.

Episodes

List of Republic of Doyle episodes

DVD releases

Entertainment One released the complete first season on DVD (Region 0 release) in Canada on November 16, 2010. Season 2 was released on July 19, 2011.

In Region 4, Beyond Home Entertainment released the complete first season on DVD (Region 0 release) in Australia on May 4, 2011. Then Season 2 was released in April 2012.

DVD Name	Ep #	Release dates
		Region 1	Region 4
The Complete First Season	12	November 16, 2010	May 4, 2011
The Complete Second Season	13	July 19, 2011	TBA

International broadcasters

Country	Channel	Premiere date
United Kingdom	Alibi	27th October 2010
Australia	ABC2 (season one) 13th Street (season two)	6th November 2010
Brazil	Globosat HD	11th November 2010
Estonia	Fox Crime	11th September 2010
Serbia	Fox Crime	14th October 2010
Bulgaria	Fox Crime	14th October 2010

External links

• Republic of Doyle at IMDb
• Republic of Doyle official site at CBC.ca