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The Irish R.M.: Season 1
January 6, 1983
6 Episodes
~50 min per episode
Overview
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.
Episodes
6
1
Great Uncle McCarthy
Jan 6, 1983
50 min
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 Magistrate. Major Yeates quickly meets the hard-riding Knox clan, including Great Uncle McCarthy and young Flurry Knox, his landlord.
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2
Trinket's Colt
Jan 13, 1983
50 min
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 from England.
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3
A Misdeal
Jan 20, 1983
50 min
Yeates and Philippa visit a horse fair in search of a suitable mount for a forthcoming hunt.
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4
The Boat's Share
Jan 27, 1983
50 min
Yeates and his cousin Basil fear their careers are ruined when they are caught in a police raid at the Brickleys.
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5
Occasional Licences
Feb 3, 1983
50 min
A local publican neatly sidesteps Yeates' objections to beer sales at the annual St Peter and St Paul's Day Games.
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6
O Love! O Fire!
Feb 10, 1983
50 min
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 that neither love nor fire should always be taken at face value.
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