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Donal Finn

Irish actor known for roles in Amazon's The Wheel of Time and Young Sherlock, and the West End production of Hadestown.

Jun 26, 2026

27:33
That was half an hour ago, so get cutting.
27:35
I'm Donal Finn.
27:36
I play Dick Turpin, who is our protagonist, who takes us through these ten episodes and takes us all the way through his rise and fall as a horse thief, as a bandit, as a man who climbs to the high ranks of society and then back down again, and as a husband and a father.
27:59
Playing Dick Turpin has been a great joy.
28:01
We've been working with some amazing scripts and I've really enjoyed this week with the actors and the company.
28:09
Dick Turpin is someone who goes through the entire facet of the human experience and the highs and lows of fighting for survival and thriving and winning at any costs.

19 MINS LATER

speaker_20UNKNOWN
46:54
What about all these gifts, the paintings?
46:59
Uh.
27:33
That was half an hour ago, so get cutting.
27:35
I'm Donal Finn.
27:36
I play Dick Turpin, who is our protagonist, who takes us through these ten episodes and takes us all the way through his rise and fall as a horse thief, as a bandit, as a man who climbs to the high ranks of society and then back down again, and as a husband and a father.
27:59
Playing Dick Turpin has been a great joy.
28:01
We've been working with some amazing scripts and I've really enjoyed this week with the actors and the company.
28:09
Dick Turpin is someone who goes through the entire facet of the human experience and the highs and lows of fighting for survival and thriving and winning at any costs.

19 MINS LATER

speaker_20UNKNOWN
46:54
What about all these gifts, the paintings?
46:59
Uh.
5:55
free to have a flick through.
5:56
Feel free to have a cry.
5:58
Have a cry.
5:58
Feel free to have a cry.
5:59
Tissues here in front of us.
6:01
Yeah, just...
6:03
It's actually like a thing that connects me to my siblings as well, because we all had that experience of being read to by our mother, who we all love our mothers.

7 MINS LATER

12:55
That's the
3:16
... aren't they? I suppose, yeah.
3:18
And, uh, yeah, I think it's through that.
3:20
I think it's that kind of admiration for wanting to l- like, know as much about life as possible.
3:27
It, it...
3:28
A- And I think through, through Mary that, like, they, I suppose they get a chance to, like, live it rather than just, like, learn about it.
3:36
I think that's kind of...
3:37
I think they're both, like, learning about bravery as well I think-
TonyHOST
7:13
Uh, Donald, in our, in our final moments, what do you think audiences will take away from the series?

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