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") is a

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drama television series Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

which was broadcast on

TG4 TG4 ( ga, TG Ceathair, ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television network. The channel launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond. TG4 was formerly known ...

and

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in 2013–14. The series was nominated to the ''Special Irish Language Award'' at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards in 2014.

Plot

Rob Cullan is sacked from his job at ''

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'' following a

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scandal. He returns home to

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

where Diarmuid Black puts him in charge of failing

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

newspaper ''An Nuacht''.

Cast

Don Wycherley Don Wycherley (born 15 September 1967, Skibbereen, County Cork) is an Irish actor. He played Father Cyril McDuff in ''Father Ted'', Father Aidan O'Connell in ''Ballykissangel'', and Raymond in '' Bachelors Walk''. Wycherley is a fluent Irish ...

as Rob (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Kelly Gough as Alix (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Denis Conway as Diarmuid (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Caitríona Ní Mhurchú as Janine (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Donncha Crowley as Cormac (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Tim Creed as Michael (8 episodes, 2013) * Patrick McBride as Seán (8 episodes, 2013) *

Conor MacNeill Conor MacNeill (born 4 July 1988) is a film, television, and stage actor from Northern Ireland. Biography MacNeill was born in West Belfast and has appeared in such films as ''Fifty Dead Men Walking'' and ''Peacefire'' directed by Macdara Valle ...

as Gerry (6 episodes, 2014) * Shane Fallon as Patrick (6 episodes, 2014)

References

External links

Official site on TG4
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scup 2013 Irish television series debuts 2014 Irish television series endings Irish drama television series BBC Northern Ireland television shows Irish-language television shows TG4 original programming Television shows set in Belfast 2010s television series from Northern Ireland