The Virtues

7.8(60)20191 Season4 Episodes~45m/epEnded

Drama

Joseph falls into despair when his nine-year-old son Shea leaves for Australia with his ex Debbie. Suffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront memories from his childhood.

Creator

Shane Meadows

Network

Channel 4

Cast

Stephen Graham

Joseph

Niamh Algar

Dinah

Helen Behan

Anna

Frank Laverty

Michael

Mark O'Halloran

Craigy

Deirdre Donnelly

Susan

James Nelson-Joyce

Ryan

Liam Carney

Damon (Nomad)

Niamh Cusack

Janine

Juliet Ellis

Debbie

Jermaine Liburd

David

Shea Michael Shaw

Shea

Reviews

1 review

Bertaut

6y ago

8.0

**_Starts slow, but really picks up, with the last 20 minutes a masterclass in how to build tension with simple parallel editing; be warned though, it's not pleasant viewing_** > _A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic, is not the same man at all. You can't predict anything about him for sure except that he will be someone you...