Scúp
Scúp
TV ShowEnded

Scúp

2013
2 seasons
14 episodes
Drama

Set in a struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast, the series is built around the character of Rob Cullan. a journalist who has left a high flying job in an English newspaper under a cloud. He is persuaded to return to the community he grew up in by the wily newspaper proprietor Diarmuid Black to help rescue his ailing publication.

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Seasons

  • The News

    1.The News

    27-02-201325m

    An Irish language newspaper finds itself in disarray when its editor suddenly dies. Enter Rob Cullan, a Fleet Street journalist with a murky past who finds himself the reluctantly...

  • Return of the Native

    2.Return of the Native

    06-03-201325m

    Alix struggles to be objective when Mark, the killer of her friends' daughter in a hit-and-run incident, is released back into the community. Feeling pressure from the grieving par...

  • Art for Art's Sake

    3.Art for Art's Sake

    13-03-201325m

    A gallery opening provides the ideal setting for Alix to make a slightly drunken move on Rob. Young journalist Michael is disenchanted with his assignment to a local library losing...

  • The Raid

    4.The Raid

    20-03-201325m

    When Ling, a gifted young Chinese volleyball player, is threatened with deportation, Rob rallies the paper to get behind her. Meanwhile, Alix is in for a shock when Rob's estranged...

  • Bones

    5.Bones

    27-03-201325m

    Sean unearths a disturbing connection between old church grounds and the building of a shopping centre. Diarmaid attempts to organize a morale-boosting night out while Rob finds hi...

  • Bodies

    6.Bodies

    03-04-201325m

    A chance encounter with a mysterious young woman has Rob and his staff investigating a sex trafficker in a daring undercover sting - but are all the team up for the job? Elsewhere...

  • Tribute

    7.Tribute

    10-04-201325m

    As Diarmuid is on the brink of selling the paper to a local investor, Cormac discovers Janine has been keeping a worrying secret. Meanwhile, Rob gets the phone call from London he...

  • Hostage

    8.Hostage

    17-04-201325m

    Rob is editor-turned-negotiator when local man Michael Casey takes an elderly jeweler hostage. As the siege escalates, Rebecca Cullan arrives in quiet support of her husband. Rebec...

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