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''Hardy Bucks'' is an Irish media series, filmed in mockumentary style and following the fictional exploits of a group of young Irishmen living in small-town Ireland. It started out as a series of largely improvised online. A six-part webisode series went on to win the 2009 ''Storyland'' competition held by Irish national broadcaster RTÉ Television. ==Production== In January 2009, Hardy Bucks was shortlisted into the top ten of RTÉ's Storyland Project.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RTÉ announces winners of StoryLand competition to develop drama series for the web )〕 A total of 122 applications participated in the new competition. After a Successful pitching round, Hardy Bucks was one of nine projects that were commissioned to make one episode. According to Poll Daddy, (Irish internet Poll server) votes poured in from across the globe. In September 2009 it was announced that Hardy Bucks had won Storyland. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RTÉ Storyland winner announced )〕 September 2007, with a full cast of actors Martin Maloney, Chris Tordoff, Owen Colgan, Tom Kilgallon, Peter Cassidy, formed the core group of Hardy Bucks. After borrowing camera from equipment from BCFE and help from friends and family, they shot Hardy Bucks Episodes 1-3. After sitting on the rushes (Unedited footage; film material as recorded to tape etc.) for a year, Tordoff uploaded the shorts to YouTube. Hardy Bucks was entered into the RTÉ Storyland competition and from a total of 122 applications to participate in the competition, nine projects were commissioned to make one episode each. These episodes were released in March 2009. With all nine projects on the website, the public could vote for their favourite and at the end of every month the shows with the lowest amount of votes would be voted off, leaving the remaining teams to make the next episode with the same €8,000 budget per episode, ultimately the team with the largest amount of votes between the two finalists wins the competition. The programme has been compared to ''Trailer Park Boys'', a Canadian mockumentary, with Tordoff citing the show as an influence.〔(INTERVIEW:The Hardy Bucks of Swinford ) Mayo News, 22 June 2009〕 The show was filmed on location in Swinford, County Mayo. In May 2010 director Mike Cockayne joined as a writer and producer. The Hardy Bucks have filmed a Christmas special and second series with director Liz Gill. Irish Comedy series Created by Mike Cockayne was commissioned and broadcast by RTÉ from 12 October 2010 until 26 October 2010.〔(Hardy Bucks TV debut ) Connaught Telegraph, 12 October 2010〕 Following the success of their debut television series, the Hardy Bucks were commissioned by RTÉ to produce a half-hour Christmas special which aired on 26 December 2010. Starring Martin Maloney as Eddie Durkan, Chris Tordoff as 'The Viper'. It is written by and produced by Mike Cockayne, Hardy Bucks features Peter Cassidy, Owen Colgan and Tom Kilgallon, plus a cast of extras from Swinford and beyond. The series was directed by Liz Gill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/hardy_bucks.html )〕 The three-episode television series, written by the writing trio Tordoff, Maloney and Cockayne, was commissioned and broadcast by RTÉ from 12 October 2010 until 26 October 2010.() Following the success of their debut television series, the Hardy Bucks were commissioned by RTÉ to produce a half-hour Christmas special which aired on 26 December 2010. The Hardy Bucks' second series, a six-episode run, was broadcast by RTÉ during 2011. On the 9th of June 2015, it was announced that the Hardy Bucks would be returning for a third season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hardy Bucks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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