About
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.
Cast
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Sean McGinley
Charlo Spencer
G
Ger Ryan
Paula Spencer
N
Neilí Conroy
Nicola Spencer
B
Barry Ward
John Paul Spencer
J
Jake Williams
Jack Spencer
D
Des McAleer
Ray Harris
P
Pauline McLynn
Denise
V
Vinnie McCabe
Mr. Connolly
D
Donna Dent
Dymphna
D
David Gorry
Mark
L
Lorcan Cranitch
Tutorial Teacher
M
Martin Murphy
Mr. Busy Busy
J
John Cronin
Fats
A
Andrew Connolly
Liam
T
Tom Hickey
Dean
D
David Carey
Sean
E
Eamonn Hunt
Mona's Husband
M
Michael Liebman
Brian
