Based on John McGahern’s award winning novel and set in 1950’s rural Ireland, this is the searingly truthful story of embittered ex-IRA soldier Michael Moran (Tony Doyle – A Love Divided, Ballykissangel), a brutal, domineering patriarch. Widowed and desperate to keep his family together, he succeeds only in driving his children from him. His daughters, bound together by love and fear of him, struggle painfully to establish their own lives away from the family home, while his sons, resentful of his harsh and at times, violent discipline, manage to break free – and break his heart.
“…great television… as close to the bone as a drama can get.” – Daily Record
“Hit Irish drama…” – Sunday Mirror
“…a great performance from Tony Doyle…” – The Independent
“One of the finest TV dramas… emotional…” – Birmingham Evening Mail
WINNER – Best Television Drama – Irish Film and Television Academy Awards / WINNER – Best Leading Performance Tony Doyle – Irish Film and Television Academy Awards / WINNER – Best Mini-Series – Banff World Television Awards / NOMINEE – Best Drama Serial – BAFTA Awards
Starring Tony Doyle, Ger Ryan, Susan Lynch.