Amber
Genre	Crime drama Thriller
Created by	Rob Cawley Paul Duane
Written by	Rob Cawley Gary Duggan
Directed by	Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Starring	Eva Birthistle David Murray Justine Mitchell David Herlihy Emily Nagle Declan Conlon Lauryn Canny Levi O'Sullivan
Composer	Leon O'Neill
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Rob Cawley Paul Duane Jane Gogan
Producer	Paul Donovan
Production locations	Dublin, Ireland
Cinematography	Peter Robertson
Editor	Tony Cranstoun
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	RTÉ Screenworks Ireland
Original release
Network	RTÉ One BBC Four (UK)
Release	19 January (2014-01-19) – 22 January 2014 (2014-01-22)

Amber is an Irish television crime drama series, created by Rob Cawley and Paul Duane and directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, that broadcast across four consecutive nights on RTÉ One from 19 to 22 January 2014.^[1] The series stars Eva Birthistle and David Murray as parents of a young teenage girl, Amber Bailey (Lauryn Canny), who disappears after being dropped off by her father at a friends' house in Dublin.^[2]

Amber was produced by Screenworks Ireland for RTÉ, with funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The series was produced in 2011,^[3] and following a distribution deal with Content Media Corporation, the series broadcast in Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Latin America, Brazil, Canada and Australia before premiering in its native country.^[3]

The series broadcast on BBC Four in the UK in June 2014, airing on Fridays in a graveyard slot.^[4] The series is also available on Netflix in some regions,^[3] and is available to stream on Amazon Video in the UK.^[5] A Region 2 DVD was issued via Arrow Films on 30 June 2014.^[6] The series has received mixed reviews from critics.

Cast

Main

• Eva Birthistle as Sarah Bailey; mother of Amber and Eamon and estranged wife of Ben^[1]
• David Murray as Ben Bailey; father of Amber and Eamon, estranged husband of Sarah and CEO of a security firm^[1]
• Justine Mitchell as Maeve Flynn-Dunne; best friend of Sarah and a newspaper reporter^[1]
• David Herlihy as Declan McCarthy; friend of Ben and co-director of the same security firm^[1]
• Emily Nagle as Sgt. Karen Mulcahy; friend of Ben and Sarah and one of the police officers investigating Amber's disappearance^[1]
• Declan Conlon as D.I. Rob Dunlop; friend of Ben and the lead inspector investigating Amber's disappearance^[1]
• Lauryn Canny as Amber Bailey; 14-year-old artistic daughter of Sarah and Ben, who disappears on her way home from the city^[1]
• Levi O'Sullivan as Eamon Bailey; youngest child of Sarah and Ben, and Amber's brother^[1]
• Gary Whelan as Supt. Jack Stirrat; commanding officer overseeing the investigation into Amber's disappearance^[1]
• Ned Dennehy as Terrence O'Donoghue; a prisoner who tells Maeve he has information pertaining to Amber's disappearance^[1]
• Dan Li as Charlie; an illegal immigrant from China who volunteers to help search for Amber^[1]
• Noel Gaskin as 'Dog Man'; an unidentified perp seen talking to Amber a day or so before her disappearance^[1]
• Shauna Griffith as Jenny; Amber's best friend^[1]
• Andrew Mullan as Manga-Boy; Amber's secret boyfriend^[1]

Supporting

Episodes