Forgotten Irish drama series.

Hangdogroad

Following on from forgotten Irish sitcoms, any Irish produced or set drama series that wasnt a comedy that's been forgotten. When Reason Sleeps, a four part anthology from 1987 of supernatural tinged stories, co production with Channel 4. Never repeated or received a home media release as far as I know. Two of the episodes are on YouTube, Fear Of The Dark and the Scar. A very rare foray for RTE into horror, makes you wish theyd done more stuff like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qBr768uYFw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCrZh3PD4Y

Hangdogroad

On Home Ground. RTEs short lived replacement for Glenroe on the Sunday night slot, lasted one series.

Church on Tuesday

The Big Bow Wow.

odyssey06

Hangdogroad wrote: »

On Home Ground. RTEs short lived replacement for Glenroe on the Sunday night slot, lasted one series.

Dominique McElligott played the tomboy daughter footballer in that... now starring in major US series The Boys.

EmmetSpiceland

‘Love Is The Drug’ and ‘Pure Mule’.

Hangdogroad

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

The Big Bow Wow.

To RTE drama what Extra Extra was to comedy. The bould Eoghan Harris was one of the script writers.

NewbridgeIR

Inside (1985)
Set in a prison. Obnoxiously bad with future Fair City actors.

Hangdogroad

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Inside (1985)
Set in a prison. Obnoxiously bad with future Fair City actors.

I vaguely remember that, got very negative reviews.

odyssey06

Rebel Heart, 2001 series set around 1916 to war of independence.
First episode I remember doing a great job of showing the 1916 Battle of Mount Street Bridge.
(Miles ahead of the recent Rebellion series)

Quirke... detective series starring Gabriel Byrne set in the 1950s. Thought there was potential for a great series there but they threw in way too many anachronistic characters and behaviour. Should have had the confidence to be of the time instead of viewing everything through a modern prism.

Fr Tod Umptious

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

‘Love Is The Drug’ and ‘Pure Mule’.

Pure Mule is hardly forgotten.

Coillte_Bhoy

odyssey06 wrote: »

Rebel Heart, 2001 series set around 1916 to war of independence.
First episode I remember doing a great job of showing the 1916 Battle of Mount Street Bridge.
(Miles ahead of the recent Rebellion series)

Quirke... detective series starring Gabriel Byrne set in the 1950s. Thought there was potential for a great series there but they threw in way too many anachronistic characters and behaviour. Should have had the confidence to be of the time instead of viewing everything through a modern prism.

I dont remember Rebel Heart, is it available anywhere i wonder?

Hangdogroad

Hangdogroad wrote: »

On Home Ground. RTEs short lived replacement for Glenroe on the Sunday night slot, lasted one series.

Definately got a second series if I recall. Was woeful stuff.

odyssey06

odyssey06 wrote: »

Dominique McElligott played the tomboy daughter footballer in that... now starring in major US series The Boys.

She was in another series with Colm Meaney a few years back set in the time of the building of the railways in the US. Can't remember the name but it was decent.

odyssey06

[Deleted User] wrote: »

She was in another series with Colm Meaney a few years back set in the time of the building of the railways in the US. Can't remember the name but it was decent.

Hell on Wheels.
There were a couple of Irish brothers iirc trying their hands at any angle they could.
Started well then thought it went a bit 'off track' in middle... round about the time she exited the seried

The lead Anson Mount also popped up as Captain Pike in latest Star Trek series

Pat_bottom

[Deleted User] wrote: »

She was in another series with Colm Meaney a few years back set in the time of the building of the railways in the US. Can't remember the name but it was decent.

Hell on wheels.

Hangdogroad

Making The Cut and its followup DDU, Sean McGinley in a detective series set in Waterford, late 90s.

NewbridgeIR

RTE did plenty one-off dramas in the 1970s & early 1980s.

The Greening Of America was written by Eoghan Harris. US satire with blackface, 1976

NewbridgeIR

This has been posted before but is a good documentary on RTE's drama over the years. Broadcast as part of the RTE 40 celebrations in 2002. Includes a clip from The Burke Enigma (I barely remember a few scenes), a production that languishes in the archives and will probably never come out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CDjLFq3Lc8

Hangdogroad

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

RTE did plenty one-off dramas in the 1970s & early 1980s.

The Greening Of America was written by Eoghan Harris. US satire with blackface, 1976

Was that anything to do with the book of the same name by Charles A Reich? Was the blackface done in a knowing, ironic way or was it a case of these were literally depicting black characters and there were no real black actors in Ireland of the 70s?

Thepillowman

Remember one from when I was very young called The Price think John Kavanagh was in it. Older brother used to watch it.

NewbridgeIR

Thepillowman wrote: »

Remember one from when I was very young called The Price think John Kavanagh was in it. Older brother used to watch it.

That was excellent and came out on DVD a while ago

NewbridgeIR

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Was that anything to do with the book of the same name by Charles A Reich? Was the blackface done in a knowing, ironic way or was it a case of these were literally depicting black characters and there were no real black actors in Ireland of the 70s?

I think it was loosely based on it but Harris wrote / adapted the script. Someone I know had an off-air VHS copy years ago and I caught some of it - as far as I remember it was quite OTT and obviously satirical. Hard to tell on the blackface - back then the BBC were still running The Black & White Minstrel Show without any trace of irony.

NewbridgeIR

Eugene McCabe's trilogy on The Troubles - Cancer, Heritage & Siege. We saw one of them in school. He died last year, wonder if RTE repeated any of them?

EDIT - Cancer is on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flu4crL-usQ

Mike Guide 69

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

I dont remember Rebel Heart, is it available anywhere i wonder?

Rebel Heart was made by the BBC,only available on VHS now on Amazon for a ridiculous price.

Picture of 'On Home Ground' cast. Unfortunately Amy's career didn't go the same way of this show

RandomViewer

Thepillowman wrote: »

Remember one from when I was very young called The Price think John Kavanagh was in it. Older brother used to watch it.

Mid 80s, Charlie from Casualty as an IRA kidnapper

RandomViewer

The Hanging Gale, McGann brothers fighting off English landlord in Ramelton in the 1800s

Hangdogroad

Two on TV3 around 2009/10.

The Guards, not sure if this was made into a full series, there was a pilot episode. From the clips I saw of it online it looked pretty riseable.

Jack Taylor, starring Ian Glenn. This was supposed to be set in Galway but from what I saw of it the setting was very vague. Dont think it lasted long.

Phoebas

Not really a series, but watching the Barrytown thing RTE have been showing recently reminded me of 'Family'.
I remember it being powerful stuff at the time, I'd definitely give it a watch if they ever played it again.

Hangdogroad

Phoebas wrote: »

Not really a series, but watching the Barrytown thing RTE have been showing recently reminded me of 'Family'.
I remember it being powerful stuff at the time, I'd definitely give it a watch if they ever played it again.

The episodes are all on Youtube. Sean McGinley was superb as Charlo, a right evil bastard.

Sgt Hartman

Proof and Proof 2 from approximately 20 years ago on RTE. I believe it was about a journalist investigating corruption.

The Clinic, which was set in a posh Southside private hospital.

The Treaty, which starred a young Brendan Gleeson as Michael Collins

NewbridgeIR

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

The Clinic, which was set in a posh Southside private hospital.

2003-2009 so covers peak Celtic Tiger years and the initial crash. Watched it again last year, still a good snapshot of the era.

Everlong1

The Spike! 1978 drama set in a secondary school that was axed halfway through after outrage ensued.

Hangdogroad

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Two on TV3 around 2009/10.

The Guards, not sure if this was made into a full series, there was a pilot episode. From the clips I saw of it online it looked pretty riseable.

Jack Taylor, starring Ian Glenn. This was supposed to be set in Galway but from what I saw of it the setting was very vague. Dont think it lasted long.

Ian Glenn an absolutely brilliant actor, but god above, Jack Taylor was beyond awful. Made Fair City look worthy of multiple Tony awards. I'm convinced it was wrote by a primary school student

RandomViewer

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Two on TV3 around 2009/10.

The Guards, not sure if this was made into a full series, there was a pilot episode. From the clips I saw of it online it looked pretty riseable.

Jack Taylor, starring Ian Glenn. This was supposed to be set in Galway but from what I saw of it the setting was very vague. Dont think it lasted long.

Tv3 showed it in a haphazard fashion over about 5 years, think some scenes were shot in Germany as some of the money was German

RandomViewer

Murder in Eden, 1991 Tony Doyle, Peter Firth and Ian Bannen ,

Hamachi

I remember seeing a movie / dramedy years ago about a group of young Irish guys, who were illegal immigrants working in the US. It was probably released in the early-mid ‘90s.

It focused on their lives there and I think one of the guys turned out to be gay.

Have never been able to find it again. Does anybody else remember this one?

Hangdogroad

Hamachi wrote: »

I remember seeing a movie / dramedy years ago about a group of young Irish guys, who were illegal immigrants working in the US. It was probably released in the early-mid ‘90s.

It focused on their lives there and I think one of the guys turned out to be gay.

Have never been able to find it again. Does anybody else remember this one?

It was called Gold In The Streets.

Hamachi

Hangdogroad wrote: »

It was called Gold In The Streets.

Thanks a million. Any idea if it’s available to watch anywhere?

Hangdogroad

Hamachi wrote: »

Thanks a million. Any idea if it’s available to watch anywhere?

Not sure, best bet may be dvd on Amazon.

Hangdogroad

Hangdogroad wrote: »

It was called Gold In The Streets.

If I recall, Ian Harte who played Joe (Michael Collins right hand man) in Michael Collins was in it.

Hangdogroad

The Year Of The French. Big budget co production with Channel 4 and French company about the 1798 rising. Shown in 1982 and shelved since, no repeats or home media release.

RandomViewer

No Tears, hopefully on repeat in Baldy Noonans nursing home room

RandomViewer

Not strictly Irish but filmed here The Governor, Janet McTeer as prison governor

Dr Bob

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Proof and Proof 2 from approximately 20 years ago on RTE. I believe it was about a journalist investigating corruption.

The Clinic, which was set in a posh Southside private hospital.

The Treaty, which starred a young Brendan Gleeson as Michael Collins

The Treaty was actually quite good from what I remember , Gleason was a better Mick Collins than Neason.

The Clinic was terrible , but a few of the actors on it went on to better things (Chris O Dowd and Aiden Turner off the top of my head )

Aglomerado

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Inside (1985)
Set in a prison. Obnoxiously bad with future Fair City actors.

That was on when I was a kid, I remember laughing at the language in it.
'Grass', 'get back in your hole ' and the lads watching Bosco

KevRossi

Bracken, with Gabriel Byrne, Joe Lynch and Mick Lally. It was the missing connection between The Riordans and Glenroe.

Strumpet City is worth a watch again. Pure Mule shows how good Irish TV can be, but it doesn't have a chance up against anything that stars Amy Huberman.

Sgt Hartman

I remember a drama from the late 2000s depicting a number of people who were struggling during the start of the recession.
It depicted a different person each week. The one I watched depicted a young single mother who was living hostel to hostel. Her family had little sympathy for her and the father of her child was a total scrote.
I can't for the life of me remember the name of the show though.

Hangdogroad

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

I remember a drama from the late 2000s depicting a number of people who were struggling during the start of the recession.
It depicted a different person each week. The one I watched depicted a young single mother who was living hostel to hostel. Her family had little sympathy for her and the father of her child was a total scrote.
I can't for the life of me remember the name of the show though.

Prosperity, the other episodes from what I remember were a young lad living in a flat complex (Ballymum?) who goes to visit his biological dad who wants nothing to do with him. An African woman working as a cleaner whose boss wants to get into her pants and the final one which I only half saw was about a middle aged alcoholic fella.

Zeek12

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Prosperity, the other episodes from what I remember were a young lad living in a flat complex (Ballymum?) who goes to visit his biological dad who wants nothing to do with him. An African woman working as a cleaner whose boss wants to get into her pants and the final one which I only half saw was about a middle aged alcoholic fella.

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

The episode with the alcoholic guy was kind of a spin off from his film Adam and Paul. The guy (Georgie I think was his name) with the drink problem was a minor character in the movie.
It was a tough watch but that episode was actually very moving.

Hangdogroad

Zeek12 wrote: »

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

The episode with the alcoholic guy was kind of a spin off from his film Adam and Paul. The guy (Georgie I think was his name) with the drink problem was a minor character in the movie.
It was a tough watch but that episode was actually very moving.

In the movie was he the guy they were trying to sell the telly to, through a dodgy shop owner middleman?