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The Irish R.M. is a comedy and drama TV series that premiered on Channel 4 on January 6, 1983. It has 3 seasons and 18 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 6 "The Devil You Know", aired on July 6, 1985.
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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18 episodes · 3 seasons
1983 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 43 years ago
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.
The Irish R.M. Season 1 release dates →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.
A local publican neatly sidesteps Yeates' objections to beer sales at the annual St Peter and St Paul's Day Games.
Yeates and his cousin Basil fear their careers are ruined when they are caught in a police raid at the Brickleys.
Yeates and Philippa visit a horse fair in search of a suitable mount for a forthcoming hunt.
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.
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.
1984 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 42 years ago
Trouble threatens when Flurry and Sally find out that Mrs. Knox wants to rent out their current home, Aussolas Castle, receiving a telegram from her informing them of the imminent arrival of a potential tenant from England.
Flurry has challenged a visiting Indian polo team to a match and sold an incorrigible young filly to John Cullinane. The Maharajah and his team are vastly better than the Skebawn team, and the whole game goes a bit pear-shaped when John Cullinane's filly goes nuts, topples a goal post, and disappears with a horde of spectators in tow.
Christmas Eve ends with the Yeates having an unfortunate carriage accident. An injured victim turns out to be Oweneen the Sprat, one of the villainous mountainy men who live in the hills. The Major's household is stricken with fear.
A ship with a full cargo of rum runs aground near Skebawn. The locals engage in drunken revelry as the barrels wash ashore. Of course, the subsequent police search reveals practically no signs of rum.
On the eve of the annual local regatta, family rivalries are aggravated when the Callaghans inform the police that the Foleys are planning a salmon poaching trip.
Flurry and Sally return from their honeymoon in Paris and Flurry is up to his old tricks again. He convinces Major Yeates to go on a hunting trip. Of course, Flurrys deceitfulness causes the Major to have an unfortunate accident, but Flurry gets just what he wants.
1985 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago
An old friend's offer of a resident magistrate position in a more civilized location tempts Yeates.
A stern official from Dublin Castle observes Yeates' court conduct; Yeates finds Sally's horse hidden in the loft.
Yeates's day of hunting goes badly, and he soon decides to abandon a troublesome new car
Babs fondly reminisces about her old friend, Julian Chichester, who is coming to stay at Shreelane. But no sooner does Chichester arrive than he begins to scorn the Major's household, including a beloved canine. Flurry decides to teach Chichester a lesson or two with the canine as an unwitting accomplice.
The Major's sister, Babs, looks after him in Philippa's absence. Cousin Andrew also arrives to help and begins to fix everything in sight, including a crumbling chimney and a mysterious well. Cold water and strange spirits are unleashed as Andrew's enthusiasm goes a bit too far.
With Philippa gone to England to tend to her ailing mother, Major Yeates's problems multiply. A shifty entrepreneur brings moving pictures into Skebawn, create havoc that the Major must subdue while fending off the unwanted advances of Miss Bobby Bennell.
Created by Violet Florence Martin and Edith Anna Somerville
Lise-Ann McLaughlin
Sally Knox
Niall Tóibín
Slipper
Virginia Cole
Briget Brickley
Deirdre Lawless
Julia
James Villiers
Noel Purcell
The Irish R.M. has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on July 6, 1985.
The most recent episode of The Irish R.M., Season 3 Episode 6 "The Devil You Know", aired on July 6, 1985.
The Irish R.M. has 3 seasons with 18 episodes in total.
The Irish R.M. first aired on Channel 4 on January 6, 1983.
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