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Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden death in 1950s Dublin. His pleasures in life are raw and deep, a drink, a smoke, good food, a woman. One woman in particular – his adoptive brother’s wife Sarah – and the forbidden love that has shaped and dominated Quirke’s life. Adapted from the novels by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black, the three feature length films - Christine Falls, The Silver Swan and Elegy for April - reveal the tangled truth about Quirke’s living family, even as he uncovers the secrets of the Dublin dead.

2013 · 1h 28m

Starring Gabriel Byrne, Michael Gambon, Geraldine Somerville

Director Diarmuid Lawrence

EPISODE 1

Christine Falls

Quirke is chief pathologist in Dublin City morgue. A young woman’s death leads Quirke to uncover a secret of Dublin’s high Catholic society, among them members of his own family.
EPISODE 2

Silver Swan

Quirke investigates an apparent death by overdose and when another woman dies in similar circumstances, Quirke fears that Phoebe may also be drawn into Dublin’s drug culture.
EPISODE 3

Elegy for April

Phoebe asks Quirke to help her search for her missing friend, April. Quirke fears that April has come to harm, but her family try to hush up her disappearance.

Dublin Murders
Thorne
Manhunt
The Long Shadow
Falcon
Jericho
Code of a Killer
The Vanishings
Rebus

Michael Gambon

Judge Garret Griffin
Geraldine Somerville

Sarah Griffin
Gabriel Byrne

Quirke
Nick Dunning

Malachy Griffin
Stanley Townsend

Inspector Hackett
Aisling Franciosi

Phoebe Griffin
Diarmuid Lawrence

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Andrew Davies

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Conor McPherson

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Andrew Davies

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Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden death in 1950s Dublin. His pleasures in life are raw and deep, a drink, a smoke, good food, a woman. One woman in particular – his adoptive brother’s wife Sarah – and the forbidden love that has shaped and dominated Quirke’s life. Adapted from the novels by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black, the three feature length films - Christine Falls, The Silver Swan and Elegy for April - reveal the tangled truth about Quirke’s living family, even as he uncovers the secrets of the Dublin dead.

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