The Irish R.M.
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The Irish R.M.

5.2 / 10
1983
3 seasons
18 episodes
DramaComedy

The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them. They are set in turn of the 20th century west of Ireland.

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Major Sinclair Yeates discovers the top brass won't promote him beyond major, so he decides to resign and take a post as the Resident Magistrate in West Ireland. Yeates soon discovers his new landlord hasn't been completely honest with him and everything Yeates does somehow ends up back-firing on him.

  • Ep 1

    1.Great Uncle McCarthy

    06-01-198350m

    Major Sinclair Yeates, an Englishman, arrives in a rural area of Victorian Ireland. He has married his colonel's daughter and has decided to take up a new career as a Resident Magi...

  • Ep 2

    2.Trinket's Colt

    13-01-198350m

    Continuing the story of Major Sinclair Yeates's experiences in Ireland. He has to deal with a remarkable dispute about a young horse. Meanwhile, the Major's wife, Phillipa, arrives...

  • Ep 3

    3.A Misdeal

    20-01-198350m

    Yeates and Philippa visit a horse fair in search of a suitable mount for a forthcoming hunt.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Boat's Share

    27-01-198350m

    Yeates and his cousin Basil fear their careers are ruined when they are caught in a police raid at the Brickleys.

  • Ep 5

    5.Occasional Licences

    03-02-198350m

    A local publican neatly sidesteps Yeates' objections to beer sales at the annual St Peter and St Paul's Day Games.

  • Ep 6

    6.O Love! O Fire!

    10-02-198350m

    Major Sinclair Yeates has settled in as a magistrate in rural Ireland and even his wife Philippa is taking to the country. And with Flurry Knox in love with his cousin, it seems th...

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