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Family

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  • 1994-1994
  • 1 Season
  • Drama
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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.

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Cast & Crew See All

Sean McGinley
Charlo Spencer
Ger Ryan
Paula Spencer
Neilí Conroy
Nicola Spencer

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Charlo

A day in the life of the Dublin-based Spencer family from the perspective of Charlo, the father and husband of the family, who is also a small time criminal.

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Awards

  • 1994 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - TV - Original Drama Serial - winner
  • 1995 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Drama Serial - nominated
  • 1995 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Photography and Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) - winner
  • 1995 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Sound (Fiction/Entertainment) - winner

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