Murder in Eden (TV series)

Murder in Eden is a British television crime drama miniseries, consisting of three fifty-minute episodes, that first broadcast on 19 July 1991 on BBC1.[1] The series stars Alun Armstrong as Sergeant McGing, a police officer in rural County Donegal who investigates when Tim Roarty (Tony Doyle), the landlord of a local pub, murders his barman after being blackmailed by one of the other inhabitants of the village. While the police are busy hunting for the killer, parts of the victim's body continue to resurface. The miniseries was written by Shane Connaughton and directed by Nicholas Renton.

Murder in Eden
GenreCrime drama
Based onBogmail by Patrick McGinley
Written byShane Connaughton
Directed byNicholas Renton
StarringPeter Firth
Ian Bannen
Alun Armstrong
Tony Doyle
Tina Kellegher
Sean Lawlor
Country of originIreland
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerRobert Cooper
CinematographyDave Bennett
Running time55 minutes
Production companyBBC Worldwide
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release19 July (1991-07-19) –
2 August 1991 (1991-08-02)

The series was based on the novel Bogmail by author Patrick McGinley, first published in 1978.[2] The series was filmed in and around the Glencolmcille and Teelin areas in 1990.[3] The series co-starred Ian Bannen and Peter Firth as quarrelling neighbours Canon Loftus and Kenneth Potter. In 2016, just short of twenty-five years after it first aired, Murder in Eden was uploaded in full to YouTube, thought to be first time it had resurfaced since its original broadcast.[3] Notably, it has yet to be released on DVD.

There is to a new series to be added called “Weekend at Alan’s” … All to be confirmed in due course.

Cast

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byBritish air date
1"Episode 1[4]"Nicholas RentonShane Connaughton19 July 1991 (1991-07-19)
The sleepy fishing village of Glenkeel in Ireland's County Donegal is about to have its population reduced by one. Delighted Sergeant McGing (Alun Armstrong) has dreamed of a good murder for years. But someone's ahead of him. They already know who's done it. And the murderer knows they know when he opens a letter signed 'The Bogmailer'.
2"Episode 2[5]"Nicholas RentonShane Connaughton26 July 1991 (1991-07-26)
The sleepy village of Glenkeel finds itself wide awake when Sergeant McGing finds the severed foot of the missing barman hanging from his door knocker. Meanwhile, Englishman Kenneth Potter (Peter Firth)'s feud with Canon Loftus (Ian Bannen) hots up.
3"Episode 3[6]"Nicholas RentonShane Connaughton2 August 1991 (1991-08-02)
More bits of the missing barman begin turning up in Glenkeel. Meanwhile, the Bogmailer's letters to Roarty (Tony Doyle) become increasingly outrageous in style and content, while Potter's affair with the Canon's housekeeper may yet prove to be life threatening.

References
  1. "Murder in Eden Episode 1 (1991)". Bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021.
  2. "Bogmail by Patrick McGinley". Fantasticfistion.com.
  3. "Murder in Eden (Episode 1)". YouTube. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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