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Hinterland

When Garda officer Roisin MacKenna is called to the scene of a murder not far from the Irish border, she soon finds that boundaries, both geographical and moral, become blurred.

Hinterland
by Francis Turnly

When Garda officer Detective Sergeant Roisin MacKenna is called to the scene of a murder not far from the border between the North and South of Ireland she soon finds that boundaries, both geographical and moral, become blurred.

A body has been found buried in an Irish peat bog. Identified as a farmer from Northern Ireland, Roisin is thrust into working with a PSNI counterpart, Darren Quinn, as her investigation takes her into the murky hinterland of the border area where nothing and no one is quite what they seem.

Working together, Roisin and Darren must negotiate the limitations of their own jurisdictions and face up to the ambiguities of upholding the law in a landscape virtually impossible to police.

Writer Francis Turnly's first radio play Pressing the Flesh, was short-listed for the Imison Award in 2003. Subsequent work for Radio 4 includes Point of Departure, Homestead and Shelter, an episode of the detective series Baldi.

Producer/Director Heather Larmour.

45 minutes

Last on

Thu 5 Jun 2014 14:15

Credits

Role Contributor
Roisin Catherine Cusack
Cullen Frank O'Sullivan
Quinn Stuart Graham
Conor Brian Gleeson
Alaister Kieran Lagan
Mrs Duffy Julia Dearden
Rourke Gerry O'Brien
Deirdra Cathy Belton
Sean Frankie McCafferty
Pathologist Miche Doherty
Producer Heather Larmour
Director Heather Larmour
Writer Francis Turnly

Broadcasts

  • Thu 6 Oct 2011 14:15
  • Thu 5 Jun 2014 14:15

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