The Woman in the Wall

JP Liz V1

A first look at Magdalene Laundries thriller The Woman in the Wall staring Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack for BBC

Lorna Brady is a woman from the small, fictional Irish town of Kilkinure who wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house. Chillingly, Lorna has no idea who the dead woman is, or if she herself might be responsible for the apparent murder. That’s because Lorna has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking ever since she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in a convent. There, Lorna gave birth to her daughter Agnes, who was cruelly taken from her and whose fate Lorna has never known

JP Liz V1

Is RTE going to air also?

https://youtu.be/4JxAIKRCuF8

corkie

The Woman In The Wall is a six-part drama that launches in August 2023 on BBC1 and BBCiPlayer in the UK before being shown on Paramount Plus with Showtime in the US while it is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution in all other territories. It is a major drama for the BBC's Autumn TV season.

There's no release date for the six-part series yet, but it will be launching in Autumn 2023, and we can update here when announced for both the UK and US. ~~ https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/the-woman-in-the-wall-cast-plot-and-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-gothic-thriller

@JP Liz V1 "Is RTE going to air also?" Would RTE pay for the rights to Air it?

Reply here to bookmark and know when it starts.

JP Liz V1

I thought maybe it was a joint production with RTE, given their current state would they have enough money to buy it

squonk

Sure we all have BBC now anyway via sattelite. There’s absolutely no practical reason for RTE to pay to show it.

corkie

The Woman in the Wall will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer at 9:05pm on Sunday 27th August 2023. The second episode will be broadcast just a day later at the slightly earlier time of 9pm.

There are six episodes of The Woman in the Wall in total. ~~ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/woman-in-the-wall-release-date/

Mark your schedule or program your box to record?

Slydice

Ruth Wilson feeling very different to her role in His Dark Materials so feels like she's putting the work in.

The dialogue like the garda "[dry dublin accent] I will not let this go" .. ehhh.. not sure about the writer(s).

US teaser:

The Woman in the Wall Official Teaser | SHOWTIME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9WlaQAPxc

corkie

https://motivepictures.com/the-woman-in-the-wall

The production company 'Motive Pictures' behind this have another show due to be released.

https://motivepictures.com/one-night-1

Staring Jodie Whittaker anyone have anymore details on it, or do we need P+ to watch it.

Edit did a search myself:- https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/one-night-cast-plot-and-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-australian-thriller-starring-jodie-whittaker

pixelburp

I was intrigued by the prospect of a thriller set in Ireland, then I watched the trailer. And Ruth Wilson is an actor who should be in better stuff than she is.

And then I watched the trailer; hoo boy. Absolutely atrocious dialogue.

corkie

Bump. First episode airing tonight, Second episode tomorrow. And remaining 4 episodes every Sunday Night.

apache

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121034380#Comment_121034380

Nice one. I only had it set to record the second episode for some reason.

siblers

Her American accent is miles better than her Irish one

Xander10

An impressive opening episode. I'm in.

bejeezus

Ah, missed it! And it was good??

Deeec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121036081#Comment_121036081

Yes I thought it was a good opening episode.

Only thing I didnt like is how it portrayed Ireland to be a bit backward and old fashioned. Every BBC drama set in Ireland seems to do this!

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121036185#Comment_121036185

Yeah a few of the jokes etc felt like they where ripped from The Guard.

But overall better than a run of the mill tale based on the Magdalene Launderies

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121036081#Comment_121036081

Yes very impressive

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121036185#Comment_121036185

Apparently the story is set in 2015 so if the character is about Wilson's age this

she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in a convent. There, Lorna gave birth to her daughter Agnes, who was cruelly taken from her and whose fate Lorna has never known

would have happened in the early 1990s. Was stuff like that still happening on a regular basis at that stage?

crushproof

Couldn't get back the backwardness of it all, the ancient decor, the twee corner shop, a banger of a car and the stereotypical dumb culchie cops.

Honestly feels like a typical BBC or British drama portraying Ireland as a backwards place.

Could be a great story in there but was rolling my eyes too much!

Deeec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121036496#Comment_121036496

I agree - they story is good but why portray Ireland like it was 50 years ago. Why have her living in a derelict house that looks like it hasnt been touched since the 1950's. Anyone living in the UK looking at this would get the opinion that we are a very poor, miserable, backward country. If its meant to be set in 2015 than the set is very poorly designed.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121036812#Comment_121036812

to be fair she works in a clothes shop or something she's hardly rich and seems pretty depressed. I wouldn't have thought someone like that would have the money to rent somewhere nice, there are still a lot of awfully old fashioned places out there that people are renting, I should know I've lived in a few.

Anyway I thought it was pretty good, a bit silly at times but better than most Irish based fare.

corkie

@Loafing Oaf would have happened in the early 1990s. Was stuff like that still happening on a regular basis at that stage?

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/last-magdalene-laundry-closed

cobham

Any idea of location?

corkie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121039144#Comment_121039144

Where was it filmed?

The series was filmed on location in Northern Ireland.

The fictional village at the heart of the series, Kilkinure, is set in County Mayo, where filming took place.

~~ https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/where-woman-wall-filmed-locations-northern-ireland-new-bbc-thriller-2573394

The last Magdalene Laundry in Ireland was the Convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity on Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121039144#Comment_121039144

I thought West, maybe Galway or Mayo

JP Liz V1

The village looked to me like many villages in Ireland with the old buildings and houses, nosy neighbours etc., old fashioned Garda station

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121038823#Comment_121038823

Yeah but surely most of the 'inmates' of laundries into the 1990s would have been there for decades. I can't believe pregnant teens were still being press-ganged into convents circa 1990 except in very extreme and exceptional circumstances.

tvjunki

This is heartbreaking. I bet they will put a twist in it and the detective was born in one of the laundries. The convent called them training centre so they did not have to pay compensation to those young girls. Awful thing to do.

Bet you rte will not show it.

tvjunki

Yes I was right. They have protrayed the detective as being born in a mother and baby home!

Split47

What a load a shite

pappyodaniel

Pretty dire clichéd stuff from what I've seen so far. Just watch Philomena if you've any interest in knowing what went on in the Magdalene Laundries.