Quirke
2014 · RTÉ ONE · 90 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Elegy for April
Mon, 3 Mar, 8:00 am
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 up her disappearance.
About
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.
Episodes
- E01
Christine Falls
Mon, 17 Feb· 90 minA young woman's death leads Quirke, consultant pathologist at Dublin's Holy Family Hospital, to uncover a secret in the city's high Catholic society that involves members of his own family.
- E02
The Silver Swan
Mon, 24 Feb· 90 minQuirke investigates an apparent death by overdose. It looks like suicide but when another woman dies in similar circumstances, Quirke fears that Phoebe may also be drawn into Dublin's drug culture.
- E03
Elegy for April
Mon, 3 Mar· 90 minPhoebe 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 up her disappearance.
Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Quirke
Michael Gambon
Judge Garret Griffin
Geraldine Somerville
Sarah Griffin