Family

CSC

Do any of you remember the series Family that was on RTE in the early '90's? A series based on an adaption of a Roddy Doyle book. My friends and I were talking about it recently and I was wondering has it being released to buy or put up anywhere online to watch.

Bajingo

Ive only saw the one clip of this show on Reeling in the Years..I was only a kid when it was on tv..I remember the dad fecking the chips at his wife saying they're like rubber! Ugh..I hate that scene..is that the show?

Sorry to be no help

CSC

Yes, I think so.

It was about domestic violence in a working class Dublin family. The father was called Charlo from what I remember.

briany

Yes I remember that series but only vaguely as I was only little at the time of seeing it. I remember the father starting a fight with his wife over a family dinner because as he put it, "Chips shouldn't bounce."

Edit: Did not see the above post. That scene is just so memorable, no?

stovelid

The da was called Charlo alright. Remember it vaguely.

Bearhunter

It became the novel The Woman Who Walked into Doors, didn't it? Or was it an adaptation of that? Either way, the show and the book had the same characters and some of the same scenes. Sean McGinley was bloody scary as Charlo.

Ann22

Yeah, I remember it well. I'd imagine it was based on Roddy Doyle's 'The Woman Who Walked Into Doors'. Each episode was following a different family member's story. The son was called John Paul, think he used to wet the bed..and I don't know if I imagine it but I think he was asthmatic. Charlo, the evil dad was starting to look lustfully at his daughter, it was quite disturbing. The mother Paula hit him over the head with the frying pan when she caught him looking at her.

smilerf

it was disturbing but also a great drama..
RTE dont em like that anymore!!!

Aglomerado

Brilliant series. Ger Ryan as Paula, the mum, was also excellent, especially when she has an altercation with JP's school principal. I'd love this on DVD.

darkdubh

All Roddy Doyle dos now is write about Nigerian Asylum seekers.He even did a version of Playboy of the Western world with one playing Christy Mahon.

Armin_Tamzarian

I think it was called "The Family".
Four episodes with each episode centering on one of the four family members.
The John-Paul episode was the best, especially when he fell through the classroom ceiling and landed on a desk.

"John-Paul Spencer, ya runined me bleedin paintin"

Dudess

Good show - parts horrific, parts hilarious. It was 1994.

Fuzzy Clam

Aglomerado wrote: »

Brilliant series. Ger Ryan as Paula, the mum, was also excellent, especially when she has an altercation with JP's school principal. I'd love this on DVD.

I remember this series now that you mention Ger Ryan. She was excellent.