Scúp

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]

Scúp
Title screen
Created by	Colin Bateman
Developed by	Stirling Film and Television Production
Written by	Colin Bateman Peadar Cox
Directed by	Declan Recks
Starring	Don Wycherley Kelly Gough Denis Conway Caitríona Ní Mhurchú Donncha Crowley Tim Creed Patrick McBride Conor MacNeill Shane Fallon
Country of origin	Northern Ireland
Original languages	Irish (Ulster Irish) English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producers	Michael Parke Marie-Thérèse Mackle
Camera setup	Single Camera
Running time	25 mins
Production company	Stirling Productions
Original release
Network	TG4 BBC Northern Ireland
Release	27 February 2013 (2013-02-27) – 6 May 2014 (2014-05-06)

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.

External links

• Scúp at IMDb