Released:
1994-05-08

Overview:
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.

Director:
Michael Winterbottom

Runtime:
3h 10min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Sean McGinley
  as
  Charlo Spencer
• 
  Ger Ryan
  as
  Paula Spencer
• 
  Neilí Conroy
  as
  Nicola Spencer
• 
  Barry Ward
  as
  John Paul Spencer
• 
  Gemma Butterly
  as
  Leanne Spencer