Quirke
Created by Andrew Davies
On RTÉ One
A moody 1950s Dublin noir centered on a solitary pathologist whose professional investigations into death mirror his own emotional paralysis and forbidden desire.
Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden deaths in 1950s Dublin. His pleasures in life are raw and deep, a drink, a smoke, good food, a woman: With one woman in particular – his adoptive brother's wife Sarah and the forbidden love that has shaped and dominated Quirke's life.
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