‘Like Peaky Blinders meets Top Boy’ – British viewers only now discovering Love/Hate

It has a stellar cast

Love/Hate aired from 2010 to 2014, helping to launch and embellish a host of acting careers, and is now available to watch in the UK. The show is being brought to a brand new audience, and is going down well.

British viewers can now watch all five seasons of Love/Hate on ITVX. The gangland crime series is set in drug-fuelled criminal underworld of Dublin and follows Darren Treacy, who is returning to the capital after hiding in Spain to escape police.

When he returns to Ireland though, he finds out that his ex-girlfriend Rosie has moved on and his brother Robbie has been the victim of a drive-by shooting by a rival gang. This sparks a gang war as Darren and his friends seek revenge for the shooting.

Watching the series almost a decade on from when it finished, many of its cast of gone on to become household name. The cast of Love/Hate of includes Misfits star Robert Sheehan as Darren, Avengers actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor stars as Nidge, Happy Valley star Charlie Murphy as Siobhán Delaney. and Oscar nominee Ruth Negga.

Other famous faces in the show are Happy Valley actor Charlie Murphy, Peaky Blinders and Game of Thrones actor Aidan Gillen and a fresh-faced Barry Keoghan before his days of Saltburn fame.

British viewers catching on to Love/Hate

Another the series’ stars is Kieran O’Reilly, who has previously described Love/Hate as the “greatest ever Irish television show.”

Some have only just been discovering the series, and were quick to sing its praises.

One person wrote on X: “What a fantastic series! Only just discovered it – absolutely brilliant all ways round! Best thing I’ve watched in recent times since Peaky Blinders and Top Boy!”

Another fan shared: “If you’ve never seen the Irish drama series Love/Hate then watch it – absolutely brilliant! Like Peaky B meets Top Boy meets The Wire meets Breaking Bad and then some… on ITVX and BritBox – a proper binge watch!”

If you’ve never seen the Irish drama series Love/Hate then watch it – absolutely brilliant! Like Peaky B meets Top Boy meets The Wire meets Breaking Bad and then some…..on ITVX and BritBox – a proper binge watch! ✊

— DAC (@mufcsince1976) January 16, 2024

And a third said: “Make sure you check out Love/Hate if you haven’t already. Aiden Gillen again is superb in this as well as Robert Sheehan and a young Barry Keoghan.”

“Can’t believe it took me this long to watch Love/Hate, what a show,” someone else wrote.

While a fifth penned: “How has it taken me this long to watch Love/Hate??? think I wanna be Robert Sheehan when I’m older.”

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