The Shamrock Conspiracy

Anyone remember an American sitcom called NOBODY`S PERFECT ? This starred Ron Moody as Inspector Hart of Scotland Yard ( I`m sure it was retitled HART OF THE YARD in the UK ) who`s an innocent abroad when it comes to American customs and police procedures . THE SHAMROCK CONSPIRACY feels very similar in many ways to the former except it`s a little more serious as it deals with terrorists , Irish ones which means we get all the old cliches like former members of the IRA on the run because they`re not keen on blowing up kids ( What ! It took 25 years to realise the IRA aren`t a pacifist outfit ? ) and the main bad guy being described as " An IRA extremist " as opposed to " An IRA moderate "

As has been said THE SHAMROCK CONSPIRACY feels like nothing more than a TV pilot . In fact I`d go further and say that it`s a TV pilot trying to cash in on the success of THE EQUALIZER with Edward Woodward more or less resurrecting his role of McCall with a few jokey bits like the scene on the NY subway thrown in . I doubt it would have lasted more than one series if it had gone into production