Small Town, Big Story
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Atlantic
- 2025
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama series about a small town in Ireland, written and directed by Chris O'Dowd. Also features Christina Hendricks, Paddy Considine, Eileen Walsh, Leia Murphy, David Rawle and more.
Press clippings
The week in TV: Small Town, Big Story
Chris O'Dowd's new comedy is part sci-fi spoof, part Irish Local Hero.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 2nd March 2025Small Town, Big Story review
Christina Hendricks and Paddy Considine are great, but O'Dowd's Sky series about a Hollywood production in Ireland fails to pay off.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 28th February 2025Christina Hendricks and Chris O'Dowd on Small Town, Big Story
As a new Irish dramedy series comes to Sky Atlantic, Helen Coffey sits down with the show's creator and leading lady to talk alien encounters, Celtic history and the siren call to return to our roots.
Helen Coffey, The Independent, 27th February 2025Small Town, Big Story review
Christina Hendricks is terrifying in Chris O'Dowd's wacky Irish comedy.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 27th February 2025Chris O'Dowd: "I wish Graham Linehan was writing more"
The IT Crowd star talks about his new Hollywood satire Small Town, Big Story, leaving America and the problem with cancel culture.
Ben Dowell, The Times, 24th February 2025Chris O'Dowd creates Sky comedy drama 'Small Town, Big Story'
Chris O'Dowd has written Small Town, Big Story, a six part comedy drama about a village in Ireland hosting the filming of a Hollywood movie.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2023