Liza is later mentioned in Dr. Phyllis Show, which reveals she is the daughter of the show's titular host. This dark humour that Keane is famous for is sprinkled throughout the play and this cast, under McIntyre’s direction, pulled it off spectacularly well. Inspired by the Pete Davies' novel I Lost My Heart To The Belles — which was written about a real-life club, the Doncaster Belles — Playing the Field ran for five series, from 1998–2002, with scripts by, amongst others, Kay Mellor, Sally Wainwright and Gaynor Faye. His arrival inevitably precipitates a crisis in the village, which can only be settled by rape, murder and a public auction, accompanied by no end of wise epigrams by the wizened local inhabitants, who have been waiting a generation for their chance to mutter profound sayings about the land and the people who live on’t. Harris growls and howls and looks like Lear as he wades about in the bitter sea and strides through the mud and peat, and there is no doubting this is a good performance, but in the service of a hopeless cause. But Fiona Bell’s Maimie was an amazing and very welcome dose of oestrogen on a stage that was dominated by testosterone and varying degrees of bullish men.

UK / BBC One – Tiger Aspect / 25×50 minute episodes 6×60 minute episodes / Broadcast 3 March 1998 – 10 February 2002It is likely that his kindergarten teacher got another turtle named Sheldon and that one likely died as well. Playing the Field is a BBC television drama series following the lives of the Castlefield Blues, a fictitious female football team from South Yorkshire. Her meltdown over her 10th pregnancy was bizarrely one of the most laugh-out-loud hilarious moments of the play, despite the fact it was a disturbing reflection on the role of women in society in 1950s Ireland. Drake breaks up with his girlfriend only to realize that he may have made the wrong decision. Drake must decide whether he wants to settle down or continue to play the field. Series 5, which was broadcast in 2002 has not received a VHS release, nor has it been released on DVD.

Comedy drama series Playing The Field focused on the lives, on the pitch and off, of a group of women in South Yorkshire who play football together for the Castlefield Blues ladies team.But Padraic McIntyre has breathed new life into this anniversary production and the result is nothing short of outstanding. When Drake mentions Willy Wonka to Josh, he reveals that from Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. The Field is running at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre until Saturday at 7.30pm every evening and 3pm matinee on Saturday. But there are so many subtle sub-plots - the role of women, contraception, the church - thinly veiled behind the field itself and the battle to own it that no one character ever really monopolises the limelight.