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Ruth Wilson of The Affair stars opposite Irish actor Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Peaky Blinders) in the BBC goth thriller The Woman in the Wall, a series that will “explore the legacy of one of Ireland’s most shocking scandals “. – the inhumane institutions known as ‘The Magdalene Laundries’”.
Written and created by London-born Irish writer Joe Murtagh (Gangs of London, Calm with Horses), The Woman in the Wall is a BBC One co-production with American network Showtime.
Announcing the series, the BBC said: “Lorna Brady (Wilson) is a woman from the small, fictional town of Kilkinure, who wakes up one morning to find a corpse in her house. It’s horrifying that Lorna has no idea who the dead woman is or if she herself is responsible for the apparent murder…
“That’s because Lorna has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking, which are believed to have manifested themselves around the time she was ripped from her life at age 15 and locked up in Kilkinure Monastery.”
“Unfortunately for Lorna, the extremely ambitious, if elusive, Detective Colman Akande (McCormack) is now also after her for a crime seemingly unrelated to the dead woman she discovered in her home,” the BBC continued.
“Colman rose quickly through the ranks of the Garda Síochána thanks to his natural aptitude for the track. He has a dark and sometimes scathing humor, but there is a quiet sadness to him that even he does not understand, and he hides his own secrets from the world…”
Daryl McCormack – will play detective Colman Akande in The Woman in the Wall
Writer-creator Murtagh said of his series: “My family is from Mayo, the county in which the fictional Kilkinure is set, and I am deeply frustrated and saddened that so few people have heard of the laundries that existed throughout Ireland.
“I hope that by making something that has the familiarity of a genre piece, we can shed some light on the terrible things that have happened within these kinds of settings and introduce this history to the general public so that something like this can never happen again. “
Murtagh will also join The Woman in The Wall, co-lead Wilson, as one of the series’ executive producers.
“Lorna Brady is a complex and fascinating character and I love helping her come to life,” said His Dark Materials and Luther star Wilson.
“In The Woman in the Wall, Joe has crafted both a captivating gothic thriller and a moving investigation into the legacy of The Magdalene Laundries. It is a privilege to bring this story to the screens.”
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