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Oweneen the Sprat: Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Doran Godwin, Lise Ann McLaughlin. Christmas proves a tense time for the Yeateses when Philippa collides with Oweneen while driving the carriage.
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- Comedy, Drama, History
- Roy Ward Baker
- 1984-08-02
The Irish R.M. is a 1983 television comedy-drama series based on a trilogy of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross. It is set in the turn-of-the-twentieth-century west of Ireland.
When it's discovered that one of the people injured in the carriage accident is an evil mountain man known as Oweneen the Sprat, the family is overcome with fear. Synopsis. Christmas Eve ends with the Yeates having an unfortunate carriage accident.
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"Oweneen the Sprat" is the Christmas episode of the Channel 4 and RTÉ comedy-drama series The Irish R.M..
Christmas Day is ruined by the arrival of a threatening note from Oweneen demanding compensation. The next day, the Major returns home to discover his wife and staff terrified by the appearance of a sprat nailed to the door. Flurry meanwhile has purchased the "Whiteboys", two Irish hunting dogs who turn the Boxing Day meet into a rampage.
Christmas proves a tense time for the Yeateses when Philippa collides with Oweneen while driving the carriage. When it's discovered that one of the people injured in the carriage accident is an evil mountain man known as Oweneen the Sprat, the family is overcome with fear.
"The Irish R.M." Oweneen the Sprat (TV Episode 1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
An injured victim turns out to be Oweneen the Sprat, one of the villainous men who live in the hills. Christmas Eve ends with the Yeates having an unfortunate carriage accident.
