The Last of Summer(1978)
A French actress returns to her Irish roots during the last summer before World War II. While there, she must come to grips with her family and the love of two men. Television adaptation of Kate O'Brien's 1943 novel of the same name.
- First aired:
- 1978-10-05
- Country:
- IE
- Network:
- RTÉ One
Episodes
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1. Episode 1
1978-10-05 · 60m
Europe is basking in the hot summer of 1939 when the first rumbles of an approaching war reach the Kernahan family in the quietness of Drumaninch (Drumnahinch), but it is the arrival of a beautiful stranger that threatens their own peace.
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2. Episode 2
1978-10-12 · 50m
Angéle, a French actress, visits her cousins the Kernahans for the first time, stirring up unhappy memories. The youngsters take her for a picnic near the Cliffs of Moher.
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3. Episode 3
1978-10-19 · 60m
Martin Kernahan is soon in love with Angéle, but she is more attracted to his brother Tom.
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4. Episode 4
1978-10-26 · 60m
Angéle's engagement has brought Tom and Martin to blows and turned Martin against his mother. Reluctantly Hannah agrees to let Angéle and Tom go direct to the bishop. (RTÉ Guide)
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Cast
- S
Susan Fitzgerald
Angéle
Ronnie Masterson
Hannah Kernahan
Gerard McSorley
Martin Kernahan
- S
Scott Fredericks
Tom Kernahan
David Kelly
Corney Kernahan
Deirdre Donnelly
Jo Kernahan
- C
Cathleen Delany
Dotey Cregan
- M
Marie Conmee
Mrs Cusack
- M
Madelyn Erskine
Norris O'Byrne
Godfrey Quigley
Dr O'Byrne
- B
Brenda Doyle
Mrs O'Flynn
- B
Britta Smith
Maggie May
