He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun

• Scala Productions
• David Thewlis
• Rachel Griffiths
• Jason Isaacs
• Laura Fraser
• Richard Gant
• Laine Megaw
• Bronagh Gallagher
• Kitty Aldridge