Charlie McCarthy

A Mother’s Love is a Blessing (RTÉ 1994), first in half-hour drama series TV; story of a boy’s murder of his mother, her cruelties, and the boy’s attempt to thwart her. Part of the Two Lives series of films produced by RTÉ

A flight attendant discovers her partner isn't who she thought he was.

A portrait of one of the greatest English-language poets of his generation, this joyful and penetrating documentary was made with the late Seamus Heaney's unprecedented collaboration. The film explores the key personal relationship in his life, that with his wife Marie, and follows him to Harvard, New York and London, to readings, signings and public interviews. Offering compelling insights into the working life of a major writer, it digs deep into the rich store of Heaney's poetry to reveal a man who lived his life fully; used his gifts to give expression to the great themes in all our lives of love, loss and longing; and managed, as a man and as a writer, to combine the simplicity of a farmer's son from County Derry with the sophistication of a major artist.

Mona Quirke, as usual, is having her adult children for Christmas. The youngest arrives with an unexpected guest and nothing will ever be the same again in the Quirke household.

A Mother’s Love is a Blessing (RTÉ 1994), first in half-hour drama series TV; story of a boy’s murder of his mother, her cruelties, and the boy’s attempt to thwart her. Part of the Two Lives series of films produced by RTÉ

A flight attendant discovers her partner isn't who she thought he was.

A portrait of one of the greatest English-language poets of his generation, this joyful and penetrating documentary was made with the late Seamus Heaney's unprecedented collaboration. The film explores the key personal relationship in his life, that with his wife Marie, and follows him to Harvard, New York and London, to readings, signings and public interviews. Offering compelling insights into the working life of a major writer, it digs deep into the rich store of Heaney's poetry to reveal a man who lived his life fully; used his gifts to give expression to the great themes in all our lives of love, loss and longing; and managed, as a man and as a writer, to combine the simplicity of a farmer's son from County Derry with the sophistication of a major artist.

Mona Quirke, as usual, is having her adult children for Christmas. The youngest arrives with an unexpected guest and nothing will ever be the same again in the Quirke household.