Likewise, both series aired on PBS in the United States and were released on DVD in January and April 2007.

The series was a hit with critics and audiences alike, and became a rating success for RTÉ, becoming the channel's most-watched drama in 2004, beating off soap opera Fair City.

Proof notably made headlines when it was discovered that Philpott's original screenplay had been "dumbed down" by network executives and some of the more politically critical elements had been removed.

A television station commissions a hard-hitting drama set against the sleazy backdrop of Irish political corruption.

The designated writer delivers the goods with a script that station bigwigs hail as one of the grittiest and most convincing they’ve ever read.