the family

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does anyone remember an rte series called 'the family' or 'family' i cant remember but i think it was in the late eighties or early 90s, it was set in dublin around the ups and downs of a working class family,i cant remember a whole pile about it only that i really enjoyed it, it sort of had a feel of the commitments or the van about it so it may have been roddy doyles work but i am not sure, one part i do remember was the dad charlo who was a bit of a tosser really coming home after doin something wrong and his missus meeting him with the fryin pan and knockin 40 bells out of him.


really what i was wonderin was it ever or will it ever be repeated?:rolleyes:

The Pontiac

I remember it now. That Carlo guy was a nutjob. I don't remember too much of the plot tbh. I'd definitely watch it again though, if they ever repeat it.

Gary ITR

It was based on the Roddy Doyle novel 'The Woman Who Walked Into Doors'

I barely remember it but I read the book. Somebody should write to RTE and ask them to repeat it

Tipsy Mac

Yeah I remember it, Sean McGinley played Charlo, it was very dark stuff and went out with a battered wives councilling number at the start and finishk, pretty heavy stuff for Irish tv at the time. Most of it seemed to be filmed in Ballymun, would be interesting to see how Dublin has changed through the years as it was made in 1994 before the boom took over.

This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and adultery without the will to chuck him out. John Paul worships his father who's initiating him into the world of beer and football but recoils at Charlo's treatment of mom; asthma and misbehavior at school follow. Daughter Nicola is a young woman, starting work in a garment factory. When Charlo begins to stare at her, she's frightened and Paula's furious.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109769/

Typhoon.

I remember this. i'm dyin for RTE to repeat it.

Each episode focused on a different member of the family, Charlo the wife the daughter and the son. I didnt know that was the book it was based on thanks guys.

C'mon RTE gethe finger out we dont mind seeing repeats as long as they're good repeats

Riskymove

Onkle wrote: »

It was based on the Roddy Doyle novel 'The Woman Who Walked Into Doors'

actually "The Family" came first with "The woman who walked into doors" following and taking up the perspective of the mother character

2fivers

It does pre-date the woman who walked into doors by a few years, and whether it'll be repeated or not is out of Rté's hands, as it's a BBC production.

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