Family
Family
Release: 1994-05-08
·Runtime: 190m
·★ 8.5
This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and adultery without the will to chuck him out. John Paul worships his father who's initiating him into the world of beer and football but recoils at Charlo's treatment of mum; asthma and misbehavior at school follow. Daughter Nicola is a young woman, starting work in a garment factory. When Charlo begins to stare at her, she's frightened and Paula's furious.
Production Countries
Ireland
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
RTÉ
Cast
Martin Murphy
as Mr. Busy Busy
John Cronin
as Fats
Tom Hickey
as Dean
Michael Liebman
as Brian
Neilí Conroy
as Nicola Spencer
Pauline McLynn
as Denise
Donna Dent
as Dymphna
Sean McGinley
as Charlo Spencer
Ger Ryan
as Paula Spencer
Barry Ward
as John Paul Spencer
Des McAleer
as Ray Harris
Vinnie McCabe
as Mr. Connolly
Lorcan Cranitch
as Tutorial Teacher
Andrew Connolly
as Liam
