Quirke (TV series)
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Composer(s) | Rob Lane |
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Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 (list of episodes) |
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Producer(s) | Lisa Osborne |
Production location(s) | Dublin |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 16 February 2 March 2014 25 May 2014 — 8 June 2014 |
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Quirke is a British-Irish crime drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One and RTÉ One in 2014. The three-part series is based on the Quirke novels by John Banville, writing under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, and was adapted by Andrew Davies and Conor McPherson.[1]
Cast
Character | Christine Falls | The Silver Swan | Elegy For April |
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Malachy Griffin |
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Phoebe Griffin |
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Jdg. Garret Griffin |
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Insp. Hackett |
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Sinclair |
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Sarah Griffin |
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Deirdre Hunt | Anne Gill | Charlie Murphy | |
Rose Crawford | Sara Stewart | Sara Stewart | |
Sister Stephanus | Lesa Thurman | ||
McCoy | Diarmaid Murtagh | ||
Brendan Boyle | Peter Coonan | ||
Davy | Frank O'Sullivan | ||
Fr. Hawkins | Garrett Lombard | ||
Brenda Rutledge | Janet Moran | ||
Dolly Moran | Bríd Brennan | ||
Costigan | Pat Laffan | ||
Josh Crawford | Donald Sumpter | ||
Delia | Aoibhinn McGinnity | ||
Sister Dominic | Deirdre Donnelly | ||
Claire Stafford | Catherine Steadman | ||
Maisie | Jane McGrath | ||
Andy Stafford | Shane Taylor | ||
Garda Dermot | Sam McGovern | Gerard Adlum | |
Maggie | Aine Ni Mhuiri | ||
Billy Hunt | Branwell Donaghey | ||
Hakim Kreutz | Aaron Neil | ||
Mrs. Cuffe-Wilkes | Donna Dent | ||
Leslie White | Lee Ingleby | ||
John Millican | David Murray | ||
Jimmy Minor | Colin Morgan | ||
Bill Latimer | Ian McElhinney | ||
Patrick Ojukwu | Obi Abili | ||
Margaret | Bernadette McKenna | ||
Mrs. Leetch | Barbara Adair | ||
Isabel Galloway | Flora Montgomery | ||
Oscar Latimer | Aidan McArdle | ||
Celia Latimer | Dearbhla Molloy | ||
Fr. Anselm | Denis Conway |
Production
Quirke was commissioned by Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson. The executive producers are Jessica Pope for the BBC, Ed Guiney for Element Pictures and Joan Egan for Tyrone Productions and Lisa Osborne as producer.[2] A £389,388 production loan from the Irish Film Board was provided for the series.[3] The series was filmed in Dublin,[4] from 19 November 2012 to 8 March 2013.[5][6] Filming locations include Baggot Street, Camden Street and the main set at Clancy Barracks.[6]
RTÉ One began broadcasting the series before BBC One, debuting on 16 February 2014.[7] The series has been sold to five broadcasters and will air in Germany (Degeto), Croatia (HRT), Denmark (Danmarks Radio), Iceland (RÚV) and Slovenia (RTV).[8] The series was also broadcast on BBC UKTV in New Zealand in March 2014 and on NERIT in Greece in January 2015.[9] The series began broadcasting in the US (PBS) on 3 April 2015, and on Knowledge Network in Canada in August 2015.[10]
Episode list
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Christine Falls" | John Alexander | Andrew Davies | 16 February 2014(RTÉ One) 25 May 2014 (BBC One) |
Guest starring: Denis Conway, Peter Coonan, Michael Gambon, Brian Gleeson, Jane McGrath, Diarmaid Murtagh, Peter O'Byrne, Frank O'Sullivan, Geraldine Somerville, Catherine Steadman, Sara Stewart, Shane Taylor and Lesa Thurman | ||||
2 | "The Silver Swan" | Diarmuid Lawrence | Andrew Davies | 23 February 2014(RTÉ One) 1 June 2014 (BBC One) |
Guest starring: Branwell Donaghey, Sam McGovern, Charlie Murphy and Aaron Neil | ||||
3 | "Elegy for April" | Jim O'Hanlon | Conor McPherson | 2 March 2014(RTÉ One) 8 June 2014 (BBC One) |
Guest starring: Colin Morgan, Chris Newman, Flora Montgomery, Neana Nimotobi and Noni Stapleton |
Home media
The DVD edition of Quirke was released in the UK on 9 June 2014.[11]
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External links
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- British crime television series
- BBC television dramas
- 2014 British television programme debuts
- 2014 British television programme endings
- 2010s British television series
- Irish crime television series
- Irish drama television series
- 2014 Irish television series debuts
- 2014 Irish television series endings
- Television shows set in the Republic of Ireland
- English-language television programming
- 2010s Irish television series