Scúp
Title screen
Created byColin Bateman
Developed byStirling Film and Television Production
Written byColin Bateman
Peadar Cox
Directed byDeclan Recks
StarringDon Wycherley
Kelly Gough
Denis Conway
Caitríona Ní Mhurchú
Donncha Crowley
Tim Creed
Patrick McBride
Conor MacNeill
Shane Fallon
Country of originNorthern Ireland
Original languagesIrish (Ulster Irish)
English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14
Production
ProducersMichael Parke
Marie-Thérèse Mackle
Camera setupSingle Camera
Running time25 mins
Production companyStirling Productions
Original release
NetworkTG4
BBC Northern Ireland
Release27 February 2013 (2013-02-27) –
6 May 2014 (2014-05-06)

Scúp (Irish: [sˠkuːpˠ]; "Scoop") is a Northern Irish drama television series which was broadcast on TG4 and BBC Northern Ireland in 2013–14. The series was nominated to the Special Irish Language Award at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards in 2014.[1][2][3]

Plot

Rob Cullan is sacked from his job at The Guardian following a phone hacking scandal. He returns home to Belfast where Diarmuid Black puts him in charge of failing Irish language newspaper An Nuacht. The editor has just dropped dead, the boss – Diarmuid – is writing bouncing cheques to cover his debts, the paper is full of propaganda but has no news. It's up to Rob to turn it around with the help of reporters and a young photographer – but in his first week he has already crossed a powerful gang boss and discovered that not all the staff are what they seem. Tightly written by newspaper editor and thriller writer Colin Bateman and translated into idiomatic Irish by Peadar Cox,[4] the series launched a host of young Irish acting talent.

Cast

  • Don Wycherley as Rob (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
  • Kelly Gough as Alix (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
  • Denis Conway as Diarmuid (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
  • Caitríona Ní Mhurchú as Janine (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
  • Donncha Crowley as Cormac (14 episodes, 2013–2014)
  • Tim Creed as Michael (8 episodes, 2013)
  • Patrick McBride as Seán (8 episodes, 2013)
  • Conor MacNeill as Gerry (6 episodes, 2014)
  • Shane Fallon as Patrick (6 episodes, 2014)

References

  1. ↑ "TG4's newsroom drama loses nothing in translation". The Irish Times.
  2. ↑ "TV show review entries, groundling". blogs.warwick.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ "SCÚP Wednesdays on TG4 and Sundays on BBC Two NI – Film Ireland". filmireland.net. 27 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "TG4's newsroom drama loses nothing in translation". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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