{"id":35881,"date":"2023-08-18T01:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1875215"},"modified":"2023-08-18T02:39:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T00:39:52","slug":"the-woman-in-the-walls-ruth-wilson-opens-up-on-intriguing-new-thriller","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-woman-in-the-walls-ruth-wilson-opens-up-on-intriguing-new-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman in the Wall\u2019s Ruth Wilson opens up on intriguing new thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Wow, I’ve not seen this before.” <\/p>

By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 18 August 2023 at 23:01 PM<\/p>

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BBC thriller\u00a0The Woman in the Wall<\/a>\u00a0explores the horror of Ireland\u2019s Magdalene Laundries<\/a>, where young women who were pregnant or deemed promiscuous were sent to live and work in harrowing conditions under the control of priests and nuns.<\/p>\n

Ruth Wilson (Luther<\/a>, The Affair<\/a>) stars as Lorna Brady, a seamstress who had her baby taken from her during her incarceration in a local laundry when she was a teenager \u2013 and remains haunted to this day by her ordeal.<\/span><\/p>\n

She wakes one morning to discover a dead woman in her home \u2013 and she has no idea who the victim is or if she was responsible for her death.<\/p>