The Irish R.M.

Name: The Irish R.M.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1983-01-06
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Brendan Conroy, Anna Manahan, Lise-Ann McLaughlin

5.2(4 votes)

3 Seasons

18 Episodes

January 6, 1983

DramaComedy

Overview

The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them. They are set in turn of the 20th century west of Ireland.

Status

Ended

Created By

Violet Florence Martin, Edith Anna Somerville

Network

Channel 4

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

January 6, 1983

Episodes

Major Sinclair Yeates discovers the top brass won't promote him beyond major, so he decides to resign and take a post as the Resident Magistrate in West Ireland. Yeates soon discovers his new landlord hasn't been completely honest with him and everything Yeates does somehow ends up back-firing on him.

Episodes

Episode 1

Great Uncle McCarthy

January 6, 198350m

Major Sinclair Yeates, an Englishman, arrives in a rural area of Victorian Ireland. He has married his colonel's daughter and has decided to take up a new career as a Resident Magistrate. Major Yeates quickly meets the hard-riding Knox clan, including Great Uncle McCarthy and young Flurry Knox, his landlord.

Episode 2

Trinket's Colt

January 13, 198350m

Continuing the story of Major Sinclair Yeates's experiences in Ireland. He has to deal with a remarkable dispute about a young horse. Meanwhile, the Major's wife, Phillipa, arrives from England.

Episode 3

A Misdeal

January 20, 198350m

Yeates and Philippa visit a horse fair in search of a suitable mount for a forthcoming hunt.

Episode 4

The Boat's Share

January 27, 198350m

Yeates and his cousin Basil fear their careers are ruined when they are caught in a police raid at the Brickleys.

Episode 5

Occasional Licences

February 3, 198350m

A local publican neatly sidesteps Yeates' objections to beer sales at the annual St Peter and St Paul's Day Games.

Episode 6

O Love! O Fire!

February 10, 198350m

Major Sinclair Yeates has settled in as a magistrate in rural Ireland and even his wife Philippa is taking to the country. And with Flurry Knox in love with his cousin, it seems that neither love nor fire should always be taken at face value.