Scúp
Appearance
Scúp | |
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Created by | Colin Bateman |
Developed by | Stirling Film and Television Production |
Written by | Colin Bateman Peadar Cox |
Starring | Don Wycherley Kelly Gough Denis Conway Caitríona Ní Mhurchú Donncha Crowley Tim Creed Patrick McBride Conor MacNeill Shane Fallon |
Country of origin | Northern Ireland |
Original languages | Irish (Ulster Irish) English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Production | |
Producers | Michael Parke Marie-Thérèse Mackle |
Camera setup | Multiple-camera |
Running time | 25 mins |
Production company | Stirling Productions |
Original release | |
Network | TG4 BBC Northern Ireland |
Release | 27 February 2013 6 May 2014 | –
Scúp ([ˈsˠkuːpˠ], "Scoop") is a Northern Irish drama television series which was broadcast on TG4 and BBC Northern Ireland in 2013–14. The series was nominated to the Special Irish Language Award at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards in 2014.[1][2][3]
Plot
Rob Cullan is sacked from his job at The Guardian following a phone hacking scandal. He returns home to Belfast where Diarmuid Black puts him in charge of failing Irish language newspaper An Nuacht.
Cast
- Don Wycherley as Rob (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
- Kelly Gough as Alix (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
- Denis Conway as Diarmuid (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
- Caitríona Ní Mhurchú as Janine (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
- Donncha Crowley as Cormac (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
- Tim Creed as Michael (8 episodes, 2013)
- Patrick McBride as Seán (8 episodes, 2013)
- Conor MacNeill as Gerry (6 episodes, 2014)
- Shane Fallon as Patrick (6 episodes, 2014)
References
- ^ "TG4's newsroom drama loses nothing in translation".
- ^ "TV show review entries, groundling". blogs.warwick.ac.uk.
- ^ "SCÚP Wednesdays on TG4 and Sundays on BBC Two NI - Film Ireland". filmireland.net.