Forgotten Irish drama series.

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.

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

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

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

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 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 wrote: »

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.

The Chieftains, did they do the TV soundtrack for that series as I'm sure they have an album of that name.

Deleted User wrote: »

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

I remember seeing Gold in the Streets in the cinema, but never seen anything about it since. Aiden Gillen and Jared Harris were also in it. As was John Belushi's brother James.

Dr Bob wrote: »

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

I believe Neeson conceded that on the Michael Collins set when he shared scenes with Gleeson, who I don't recall having any lines in the movie.

Hangdogroad wrote: »

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.

Can this be had anywhere? I love big historical epics.

The Year Of The French was also broadcast by Channel 4 sometime in 1983 and that appears to be source of the off-air copies that appeared on UK videotape trading lists in the early '90s.

I was in college with a guy from Killala who said there was serious buzz when it was being shot in the summer & autumn of 1981.
During the filming, turf was dumped on the streets of Killala every day - to give it a muddy look. He said when it was broadcast (in the run-up to Christmas 1982), people seemed more concerned with spotting their friends rather than concentrating on the story. I didn't think it was great and by all accounts, was quite inaccurate in parts. From RTE's perspective, it was an expensive failure - GBP £1.7m was the cost - and given the lukewarm critical reception it got, international sales of the programme were pretty dismal. The ideal time to repeat it was for the 200th anniversary of the rebellion in 1998 and it was noticeably absent.