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series set in Lenadoon, West

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. It follows the exploits of four friends: Wardrobe (

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), Ta (

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), Shay (Ciaran Nolan) and Darragh (Kevin Elliot). The series first aired on

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Northern Ireland in 2003, and aired nationwide on

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, running for one series of ten episodes.

Premise

Wardrobe is the leader of the group, who only loves one person, his 'wee ma' and he would do anything for her. Ta lives with Una, the mother of his children. She is always on his case, trying to get him to leave the group, get a respectable job and make a living for her and their children, but his nature stops him from doing this. Darragh is always trying to impress his ex-wife to allow him to keep seeing his son. Shay is the youngest in the group, and the one who always makes the mistakes. He is always getting into trouble and his mother always hopes that one day he will be able to get a job and be sensible like his younger sister Niamh. Each episode follows the men trying different scams to earn money. These schemes vary from nobbling pigeon-racing to dog-breeding, and always with something funny happening to the group. They are joined by other various characters, including "Hoker," an anti-social element who can get anything from stolen cars to lost dogs for the crowd. Wardrobe doesn't like this guy, but Hoker is a friend of Shay's, and he's useful now and again. Crazy Horse is the local wino, he's always drunk and sitting outside the butcher's shop, and finally, Tiny Tim, who owns a pet salon, who they help out now and again.

Episode guide

Episode 1. Clamitis.
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Directed by: Brian Kirk
The guys are broke as usual and get involved in trying set up a phoney accident which would get them compensation. Episode 2. Meat is Murder.
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Ta's uncle asks the guys to dispose of a cow, but the guys spot a chance of making a few pounds selling bits of it off, not realising it's possibly infected with Mad Cow disease. Episode 3. The Quiz.
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Ta owes his ex-wife child support and she won't let him see their son until he pays up. £1,000 prize money for a quiz at the local pub might help him out. Episode 4. Dog-Eat-Dog.
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Directed by: Brian Kirk
The owner of a prize Shih-tzu hires the guys to steal another prize Shih-tzu so the two dogs can mate, but, as usual, things don't go as planned. Episode 5. Spousal Arousal.
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'Mick Bad News' thinks his wife is having an affair and hires the guys to trail her to a local hotel, where she picks up various men. After telling him the bad news, he suggests they set up a trap for her. Episode 6. Catch the Pigeon.
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Directed by: Pearse Elliot
As a favour for the wife of recently deceased Barney the Bird, the guys knock down his pigeon shed, and accidentally come across the secret formula which he fed to his pigeons to make them fly faster. The guys then decide to sell it to the highest bidder, starting a bidding war between 'Honk Kong Paddy' and 'Petsey Pigeon'. Episode 7. The Pirate and the Choir Boys.
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Ta gets a legit job and Shay becomes a taxi driver. It looks like the boys are breaking up until Shay upsets Concepta McCluskey, the mother of the three biggest guys in the west. Episode 8. Two Weddings and a Break In.
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Directed by: Phillipa
Wardrobe wants to buy his mum's house for her as a birthday present, but the guys are broke. An offer from his cousin for the gang to break in and steal his wedding presents whilst he is away on honeymoon could solve Wardrobe's problem, until the local hoodlum, Hokey, gets involved. Episode 9. The Grandfather Clock.
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Local entrepreneur JJ Diamond enlists the help of the guys to bring a grandfather clock across the border. But dissident republicans hi-jack their van and use it for planting a bomb. Episode 10. All Day Long.
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Still working for JJ Diamond, the guys almost have enough money for a stag night for Ta, but when they go to do one last move for JJ, the police have arrived at his house and arrested Carol, so the guys are asked to smuggle JJ out of the country.

Cast

as Wardrobe *

as Ta *Kevin Elliott as Darragh *Ciaran Nolan as Shay *

Gerard Jordan Gerard Jordan is a Northern Irish actor from Belfast. Career He is best known for his recurring roles in the Northern Irish TV series ''Pulling Moves'' (2004) and in BBC's '' The Fall'' (2013–2014), and for his portrayal of Biter in the HBO s ...

as Hoker *

Kathy Kiera Clarke Kathy Kiera Clarke (possibly Keira) is a Northern Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Aunt Sarah in ''Derry Girls''. Career Film and television Clarke's first television role was as Bernadette Brennan in '' Head over Heels'' in ...

as Una *

Lorraine Pilkington Lorraine Pilkington (born 18 April 1974) is an Irish actress from Dublin who is best known for her role as Katrina Finlay from '' Monarch of the Glen''. Life Born in Dublin, Pilkington grew up in the affluent suburban village of Malahide, and ...

as Siobhan *

Doreen Keogh Doreen Sheila Elsie Keogh (10 April 1924 – 31 December 2017) was an Irish actress of radio, stage, television and film, who was best known for roles in numerous television serials and telefilms, but most especially Concepta Riley the first ba ...

as Wardbrobe's Ma *

Sean McGinley Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/ Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; angli ...

as Bap the Butcher *

Stephen Boyd Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in '' Ben-Hur'' (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Bes ...

as Aran *Dennis Greig as Crazyhorse *Tony Flynn as Dole Clerk *Paula McFetridge as Goretti *

Lalor Roddy Lalor Roddy (born 30 November 1954) is a Northern Irish actor, described by the ''Irish Times'' theater critic Fintan O'Toole as "surely the finest Irish actor of his generation". Youth Roddy was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In ...

as Client Advisor *George Shane as Policeman *Louise Ewings as Niamh *Sean McNamee as Shay's Da *Ossian McCulloch as Ciaran *Roisin Finnegan as Aoife *Bridie McMahon as Ma Maguire

References

{{Reflist Television shows from Northern Ireland