In late 1961, a film version of 'The Quare Fellow' was made in Ireland.

Director Arthur Dreifuss, on location at Kilmainham Gaol, talks about his own opposition to capital punishment and the power of Behan's play in showing an audience how society at that time was exacting its justice.

The film starred Patrick McGoohan, who later starred in the cult television series 'The Prisoner', and writer Walter Macken.

A report shot for the series 'Broadsheet' on location at Kilmainham Jail where Arthur Driefuss was making a film version of the Brendan Behan play 'The Quare Fellow'. It is not clear if the report was broadcast.

'Broadsheet' was a magazine programme which went out on weekday evenings during the 1960s.

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