Quirke writer Andrew Davies has revealed that he is uncertain whether he’ll write a second series of the new 1950s-set crime drama.

Based on the books by Benjamin Black, the pseudonym of award-winning Irish writer John Banville, BBC One’s three-part drama launched last month.

Davies told Radio Times: “I hope it’ll be on again [for a second series]. I’m not sure whether I’d be writing it. We’ll have to see what happens.”

The writer also revealed that he had to watch the show with the subtitles on after his wife was unable to understand the dialogue.

He commented: “It’s a funny thing, mumbling. It’s a bit to do with actors, a bit do with with modern, flat-screen televisions and both my wife and I are of an age where our hearing is beginning to go.”

Quirke stars Gabriel Byrne in the title role and the first series concludes this Sunday on BBC One.

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