​BBC One has released a first look at Gabriel Byrne’s upcoming turn as a doctor in 1950s Ireland in the crime drama “Quirke,” which premieres later this month in the U.K.

The Anglo-Irish co-production is based on the novels of Irish author Benjamin Black. The three feature-length episodes will each be drawn from a different book in Black’s Quirke series of work.

According to the BBC:

“Quirke (we never get to know his Christian name) is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into unexpected places as he uncovers the secrets of sudden death in 1950s Dublin. It’s a rich and smouldering world along whose smoky streets and damp alleys Quirke goes from bars that glimmer with peat fires and whiskey to elegant Dublin houses brimming with sexual tension. It’s a time full of mystery, secrets and intrigue.”

The series premiered in Ireland on RTE One in February.

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