Editing TG4 (section)

===Drama===
In the early years TG4 gained critical acclaim<ref>C.U. Burn won "{{Langx|ga|Spiorad na Féile|label=none}}", at the Panceltic Televisiona and Film Festival 1997.</ref> for ''[[C.U. Burn]]'', a comedy series about a [[Donegal (town)|Donegal]] [[undertaker]], and {{Langx|ga|Gleann Ceo|label=none}}, a comedy about a small town [[Garda Síochána|Garda]] station in Donegal.

{{Langx|ga|[[Ros na Rún]]|label=none}} is TG4's long-running soap opera, which broadcast for 35 weeks of the year with two episodes each week. It is now in its 24th season on the channel. It airs Tuesday and Thursday at 20:30, with an [[omnibus (broadcast)|omnibus]] edition at 22:30 each Sunday.

TG4 have also supported many Irish filmmakers with their Lasair short film programme fund.

In 2006 TG4 commissioned ''Teenage {{langx|ga|Cic|label=none}}s'', their first youth drama. Set during the 1980s in the Donegal [[Gaeltacht]], it follows the exploits of young students from Belfast going to the Gaeltacht to learn Irish. This was followed by their successful teen drama ''[[Aifric]]''.

In 2007 TG4 won major critical acclaim for their political satirical comedy ''The Running Mate'' and for the programme {{Langx|ga|[[Seacht]]|label=none}} which follows the lives of seven college students in [[Belfast]].

Their drama series {{Langx|ga|Rásaí na Gaillimhe|label=none}} (part funded by the [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland|BAI]]'s Sound and Vision Fund) was a major hit for the channel, becoming their second most popular show just after {{Langx|ga|Glór Tíre|label=none}}. Set during the week of the [[Galway Races]], it is a drama-comedy starring [[Don Wycherley]], [[Ruth Bradley]], [[Olga Wherly]], [[Hughie McGarvey]] and [[Owen Roe (actor)|Owen Roe]].

TG4 broadcast their first supernatural thriller on 13 January 2010. {{Langx|ga|[[Na Cloigne]]|label=none}} ("Heads") is set in contemporary Ireland and revolves around a young couple (Nuala and Séan). Nuala is an artist with supernatural powers connecting her to the Otherworld and is faced with an adulterous boyfriend. Soon two young women Séan brings home for a nightcap are found dead.<ref>[http://www.tg4.ie/clar/cloigne/index.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123010100/http://www.tg4.ie/clar/cloigne/index.asp|date=23 January 2010}}</ref>

TG4 continued with successful drama output with their comedy {{Langx|ga|[[An Crisis]]|label=none}}("The Crisis"), and {{Langx|ga|[[Crisis Eile]]|label=none}} (in 2013). This series has poked fun at the Irish economic downturn and the effects on the promotion of the Irish language. The comedy initially centred around the office of the acting-chairman of ACT (An Chomhairle Teanga/The Language Commissioner) played by Risteárd Cooper as he fought to save the organisations from {{Langx|ga|[[An Bord Snip Nua]]|label=none}}.<ref name="Iftn.ie">{{cite web |url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282951&tpl=archnewshome&only=1&force=1 |title=TG4 Introduces Office Drama 'An Crisis' &#124; The Irish Film & Television Network |publisher=Iftn.ie |access-date=9 April 2012 |archive-date=29 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929165231/http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282951&tpl=archnewshome&only=1&force=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Langx|ga|Corp & Anam|label=none}} is a four-part series from TG4 starring Diarmuid de Faoite and [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]] (''[[The Tudors]]''). It was originally broadcast in early 2011.<ref name="Filming Wraps on 'Corp & Anam'">{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283215&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Filming Wraps on 'Corp & Anam'|date=15 July 2010|publisher=IFTN|access-date=15 July 2010|archive-date=29 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929165216/http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283215&tpl=archnews&force=1|url-status=live}}</ref> A second series aired on the channel in 2014.

====Praise for TG4 drama====
::"The reality is that Irish-language television dramas, no matter how acclaimed or however many awards they might win, are unlikely to show up in box set form in any DVD mega-store. TG4's viewership ranges from between 2 and 4 per cent of the population, enough to cost a politician an election but far too few viewers to send a show into the top 10 in the television ratings.
::A shame, because there are great things happening in the area. TG4's recent batch of mini-series {{Langx|ga|Rasaí na Gaillimhe|label=none}}, Paddywhackery and {{Langx|ga|Na Cloigne|label=none}} (not to mention Aifric, {{Langx|ga|Seacht|label=none}} and long-running soap {{Langx|ga|Ros na Rún|label=none}}) have featured outrageous plots and wacky characters, and dare to be politically incorrect: they get away with it because they are in Irish."<ref name="The Irish edge in the ratings war">{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0319/1224266583816.html | newspaper=The Irish Times | title=The Irish edge in the ratings war | date=3 March 2010 | access-date=21 April 2010 | archive-date=24 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024034647/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0319/1224266583816.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

:: "the first episode of {{Langx|ga|[[An Crisis]]|label=none}}, a new six-parter from TG4, was laugh out loud funny – interspersed with a couple of knowing sniggers."<ref name="Mind your language">{{cite news | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0410/1224268015897.html | newspaper=The Irish Times | title=Mind your language | date=4 April 2010 | access-date=21 April 2010 | archive-date=24 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024034745/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0410/1224268015897.html | url-status=live }}</ref>