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Quirke

TV·2014–2014·1 season, 3 episodes·RTÉ ONE·Drama, Crime·1h 30m·7.7·Created by Andrew Davies

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Quirke is a bold, mesmerising drama full of mystery, secrets and intrigue.

A consultant pathologist in the Dublin city morgue in the 1950s, Quirke is a powerful character more at ease among the cold silent slabs than the company of his fellow men. But in truth, his profession provides his greatest pleasure: inquisitive by nature, he is fascinated with unlocking the secret to these cadavers' deaths. After a body vanishes from his mortuary one night Quirke's curiosity is piqued by the lengths his brother is prepared to go to, to cover up the cause of one young woman's death in childbirth.

Based on the novels by John Banville.

Cast

Gabriel ByrneGabriel ByrneQuirkeMichael GambonMichael GambonJudge Garret GriffinGeraldine SomervilleGeraldine SomervilleSarah Griffin

Episodes by season

Season013Episodes2014Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Quirke S01E01Christine FallsFebruary 16, 2014—A young woman's death leads Quirke, consultant pathologist at Dublin's Holy Family Hospital, to uncover a secret in the city's high Catholic
  2. S01E02Quirke S01E02The Silver SwanFebruary 23, 2014—Quirke investigates an apparent death by overdose. It looks like suicide but when another woman dies in similar circumstances, Quirke fears
  3. S01E03Quirke S01E03Elegy for AprilMarch 2, 2014—Phoebe asks Quirke to help her search for her missing friend, April; Quirke fears that April has come to harm, but her family tries to cover

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