A fallen journalist trades London scoops for Belfast Irish — and it's messier than his bylines.
25 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestWhile it looks as though Erin may be through the worst, Diarmuid struggles to atone for his absence as her father. Rob faces difficult times when a doctor stresses the importance of Rebecca remaining on her medication while Rebecca secretly disagrees.
Set in a struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast, the series is built around the character of Rob Cullan. a journalist who has left a high flying job in an English newspaper under a cloud. He is persuaded to return to the community he grew up in by the wily newspaper proprietor Diarmuid Black to help rescue his ailing publication.
Writing
Colin Bateman's dialogue bites harder than a Belfast winter.
Acting
Don Wycherley wears failure like a perfectly tailored coat.
Creator
Colin Bateman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Scúp was one of the first major dramas produced entirely in Irish, filmed in Belfast's Gaeltacht Quarter — part of a quiet boom in Irish-language media fighting for survival.
Creator Colin Bateman based Rob's fish-out-of-water anxiety on his own experiences returning to Northern Ireland after years in England — the 'cloud' follows real life too.
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