Adapted by screenwriters Andrew Davies and Conor McPherson from the books by Benjamin Black (pseudonym of award-winning Irish writer John Banville), the three-feature length episodes will star Gabriel Byrne in the title role.

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The official synopsis reads: “Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin City Morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into unexpected places as he uncovers the secrets of sudden death in 1950s Dublin.

“It’s a rich and smouldering world along whose smoky streets and damp alleys Quirke goes from bars that glimmer with peat fires and whiskey to elegant Dublin houses brimming with sexual tension. It’s a time full of mystery, secrets and intrigue.”

The three stories are Christine Falls and The Silver Swan by Andrew Davies and Elegy for April by Conor McPherson.

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