RTE have confirmed its hit crime series Kin will return for a second season.
The broadcaster announced the gripping gangland drama starring Aidan Gillen and Ciaran Hinds will go into production this summer and will again reach a global stage with AMC+ also picking it up for another season.
Dermot Horan Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions for RTE said: "As the home of quality Irish drama, RTE is delighted to deliver another series of Kin to Irish audiences.
“The first series was enjoyed in huge numbers across RTE on both television and RTE Player, as well as in North America and Scandinavia.
“We've worked with our international partners to make sure we could answer the call of Irish audiences to deliver another series and to ensure that Irish talent and quality Irish drama is showcased on the world stage.
“Series two of Kin adds to our strong slate of Irish drama being delivered to audiences over the coming year".
The first series of Kin had a consolidated average of over 621,000 viewers on RTÉ One and to date 2.7 million streams on RTE Player, making it the most successful drama in Ireland last year.
Each week viewers were enthralled by the unravelling of the Kinsella family which starred Clare Dunne, Aidan Gillen, Charlie Cox , and Oscar nominated star Ciarán Hinds .
The eight-part drama charted the lives of the Kinsellas, a small but tight-knit crime family embroiled in a war against a powerful drug kingpin, Eamon Cunningham (played by Hinds). The finale saw an arrogant Eamon meeting his untimely demise, which was orchestrated by the shrewd and sharp Amanda.
RTE revealed that the new season will see the Kinsellas as the top dogs in Dublin, but teased that the killing of Eamon Cunningham will create as many problems as it solves. They have incurred the wrath of an enemy even more dangerous than him.
And where once there was the unbreakable bonds of blood and family, now there is only suspicion, distrust and resentment.
But the greatest threat to the family emerges from within- in the shape of a ruthless, bullying, agent of chaos. Fortunately, from positions of great adversity the boldest plans are often forged. And so it is with the Kinsellas.
Kin is produced by BRON Studios and Headline Pictures, in association with RTÉ. AMC+ has acquired the rights to the drama for North America, Australia, New Zealand, Iberia, Latin America and the UK.
