Strumpet City (miniseries)
| Strumpet City | |
|---|---|
Multi-camera | |
| Running time | 50 mins. per episode |
| Production company | RTÉ |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ One |
| Release | 16 March – 27 April 1980 |
Strumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James Plunkett's 1969 novel Strumpet City.[1][2][3]
It was RTÉ's most ambitious and expensive production to date. The script was written by
Frank Grimes won a Jacob's Award for his portrayal of the young Catholic curate, Father O'Connor. Peter Ustinov made a cameo appearance in the first episode as Edward VII
.
First shown in Ireland in 1980, the series was exported to the
ITV bar Southern in late 1981, and on Southern's successor company TVS in 1982. It was then repeated by Scottish Television in 1983 and on Channel 4 and S4C in 1984.[5]
In 2004, a digitised and remastered version was released on
Acorn Media UK.[6]
On
RTE Player
to celebrate 60 Years Of Television Christmas 2021.
External links
- Strumpet City at IMDb
References
- ^ "Strumpet City". RTÉ Archives.
- ^ Thomas, Cónal. "'A whole history to capture': Dublin's Tenement Museum wants your memories of tenement life". TheJournal.ie.
- ^ Sanger, Erika (12 March 2019). "10 Famous Quotes By Irish Legends About Drinking & Irish Pubs". Ireland Before You Die.
- ISBN 9780716529361– via Google Books.
- ^ The Times Digital Archive
- ^ "RTE in bid to get 'Strumpet City' back on screens". Independent.ie.