With no immediate family to live for, Joseph is haunted by a past he has tried, for decades, to forget - if not actively obscure with drink and drugs.
Suffering the hangover from hell - the dry spell over - he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront hazy, fear-inducing memories from a childhood spent in the care system that he's had to forget.
Emotionally and physically wrecked, Joseph reunites with an incredulous Anna (Helen Behan, This is England '88 and '90), the sister he hasn't seen since childhood.
Anna persuades her wary husband Michael (Frank Laverty; Michael Collins) to let Joseph stay and give him work in the family-owned building company.
There, Joseph is forced to directly confront the demons of his past when he comes face to face with Craigy (Mark O'Halloran), a shadowy figure who is dogged by dark rumours, and who won't leave Joseph alone.
Joseph's precarious family reunion is further complicated when he is immediately drawn to Michael's fiery sister Dinah (Niamh Algar; The Bisexual, Pure).
Angry and lost, Dinah is fiercely guarded, and, like Joseph, haunted by a deeply-held secret.
The Virtues is a visceral and hauntingly unforgettable paean to the human spirit, shot through with bittersweet tenderness, compassion and unexpected moments of laugh-out-loud humour throughout.
Deftly addressing challenging themes of revenge, redemption and repressed memory, Meadows and co-writer, BAFTA-winning Jack Thorne, ask questions of what it really means to be, and have, family.
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The Virtues
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The Crowded Cell
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Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight)
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One And Only
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Beneath the Rose
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Flowers
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Empire Builder
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Somewhere in My Heart
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The Truth Hurts
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Homely Girl
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Cutting Into Flesh
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Prayer
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When Sorrow Shoots Her Darts
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Jesus Song - Rival Consoles Rework
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Submerge
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Death
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The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain
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Gwety Mernans
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If The Truth Hurts
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The Lonely Wolf
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Prayer (PJ Harvey)
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PJ Harvey:
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When Sorrow Shoots Her Darts (Set Fire To Flames)
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PJ Harvey:
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Jesus Song (Rival Consoles Rework) (Toydrum)
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Beneath the Rose (Micah P. Hinson)
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PJ Harvey:
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Submerge (PJ Harvey)
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PJ Harvey:
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Death (PJ Harvey)
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PJ Harvey:
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Flowers (Lisa Hannigan)
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PJ Harvey:
Interprète
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The Flames Beyond the Cold Mountain (Mono)
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PJ Harvey:
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Gwely Mernans (Aphex Twin)
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PJ Harvey:
Interprète
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If the Truth Hurts (feat. Gavin Clark) (Ted Barnes)
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PJ Harvey:
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The Lonely Wolf (Instrumental) (PJ Harvey)
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Cutting Into Flesh (Gazelle Twin)
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PJ Harvey:
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Subterranean (PJ Harvey)
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The Crowded Cell (PJ Harvey)
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PJ Harvey:
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