
Family
Visit website8.5/10 • 2
1994-05-08 • 3h 10m
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.
- Directors
- Michael Winterbottom
- Writters
- Roddy Doyle
- Editors
- Roddy Doyle, Trevor Waite

Family
Visit website1994-05-08 • 3h 10m
8.5/10 • 2
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.
- Directors
- Michael Winterbottom
- Writters
- Roddy Doyle
- Editors
- Roddy Doyle, Trevor Waite
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsSean McGinley
Charlo Spencer
Ger Ryan
Paula Spencer
Neilí Conroy
Nicola Spencer
Barry Ward
John Paul Spencer
Gemma Butterly
Leanne Spencer
Jake Williams
Jack Spencer
Des McAleer
Ray Harris
Pauline McLynn
Denise
Vinnie McCabe
Mr. Connolly
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- Original Language
- English
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