A chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue investigates sudden death victims in the 1950s.
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.
Michael Gambon
Geraldine Somerville
Gabriel Byrne
Nick Dunning
Stanley Townsend
Aisling Franciosi
Diarmuid Lawrence
Andrew Davies
Conor McPherson