Smoke And Daggers: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

Hugh Costello

Feb 2012 · BBC Digital Audio · Narrated by Hugh Costello, Amanda Hurwitz, Cathy White, Frankie McCafferty, John Kavanagh, Michael J Murphy, Nicky Doherty, Padraig Doon, and Patrick Fitzsymons

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Dublin, 1997. When Joe Finnerty marries into Dublin's political aristocracy his fortune appears to be made. Lucrative government contracts and the ready patronage of his heavy hitting father-in-law ensure that Joe soon becomes a man to be reckoned with. His own career in politics seems pre-ordained, until a disgruntled Party apparatchik leaks information concerning the unexplained death of Joe's ex-partner, creating a scandal which shakes the Finnerty empire and threatens to destroy Joe and everything he once held dear. A cautionary tale about an individual's pact with political preferment - Irish style. Written by Hugh Costello and directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Starring Patrick Fitzsymons, John Kavanagh, Amanda Hurwitz, Cathy White, Michael J Murphy, Hugh Costello, Frankie McCafferty, Nicky Doherty and Padraig Doon.

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John Kavanagh is a veteran actor who appears regularly at Dublin's Abbey and Gate theatres. His television credits include Sharpe's Sword, The Shadowof a Gunman, Vicious Circle andAny Time Now. Film credits include, Cal, Braveheart, Circle of Friends, Some Mother's Son, Sweeney Todd, Dancing at Lughnasa, A Love Divided, Benedict Arnold and most recently John played Parmenion in Alexander directed by Oliver Stone.

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