Family: Charlo

The first instalment of a four-part drama by 1993 Booker Prize-winner Roddy Doyle about a troubled family on a working-class Dublin estate. Each film concentrates on one member of the family - the Spencers - beginning with the father, Charlo. A charmer and a hoodlum, he loves his wife and children, but his violent behaviour at home and his criminal activities outside are pushing them all to breaking-point