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
Donna Dent
as Dymphna
Sean McGinley
as Charlo Spencer
Ger Ryan
as Paula Spencer
Lorcan Cranitch
as Tutorial Teacher
John Cronin
as Fats
Andrew Connolly
as Liam
Tom Hickey
as Dean
Neilí Conroy
as Nicola Spencer
Des McAleer
as Ray Harris
Pauline McLynn
as Denise
Martin Murphy
as Mr. Busy Busy
Barry Ward
as John Paul Spencer
Vinnie McCabe
as Mr. Connolly
Michael Liebman
as Brian
