Young Fergus Howley, stranded in the wet and desolate boglands of the West of Ireland, discovers that he has extraordinary powers. Having conceived a child by every young woman in the neighbourhood, he realises through the agency of his confessor Father Sagacious that he can impregnate women simply by talking to them. Fergus' newfound gift of fecundity quickly brings him into conflict with his brother Plunkett, a puritanical businessman whose dream is to build a themepark devoted to Ireland's ancient poverty and history of famine.....
Broadcast 23rd October 1997