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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.
S3.E1 ∙ The Muse in Skebawn. Sun, Jun 2, 1985. With Philippa gone to England to tend to her ailing mother, Major Yeate's problems multiply. A shifty entrepreneur brings moving pictures into Skebawn, creating havoc that the Major must subdue while fending off the unwanted advances of Miss Bobbie Bennett.
The Irish R.M.: With Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Anna Manahan, Brendan Conroy. When sent to Ireland as magistrate, Major Yeates discovers the justice system must bend to suit local needs, where not everything is as it seems.
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- 1983-01-06
- Comedy, Drama, History
- 50
S1.E2 ∙ Trinket's Colt. Thu, Jan 13, 1983. Flurry's imposing grandmother turns up at court and invites the Major to a dinner party. The Major wants to give Philippa a horse as a wedding gift and Flurry devises a plan to get one of his grandmother's colts.
Based on the works of Somerville and Ross, these “winning adaptations” (The Boston Globe) were shot entirely on location in County Kildare and capture the beauty of the lush Irish countryside.
An Irish ex-British Army officer Resident Magistrate (R.M.) is appointed to his position in Ireland.
An English army officer who resigns his commission to become a Resident Magistrate in the West of Ireland, Major Yeates finds himself living in a ramshackle old manor house surrounded by local community's colourful inhabitants.
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