{"id":36245,"date":"2023-08-28T01:02:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T23:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1877554"},"modified":"2023-08-28T22:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:07:40","slug":"the-woman-in-the-wall-review-irelands-great-shame-laid-bare-in-genre-hopping-thriller","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-woman-in-the-wall-review-irelands-great-shame-laid-bare-in-genre-hopping-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman in the Wall review: Ireland\u2019s great shame laid bare in genre-hopping thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ambitious new BBC drama shines a spotlight on the harrowing Magdalene Laundries. ***EPISODE 1 SPOILERS AHEAD*** <\/p>

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

Published: Monday, 28 August 2023 at 23:01 PM<\/p>

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Only 1 episode was made available for review.\u00a0<\/strong>Episode 1 spoilers ahead.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

<\/div> 5.0 out of 5 star rating<\/span> <\/span> <\/div> <\/div>

A woman dressed in white waking in the middle of a country road surrounded by cows sounds like the start of a bad joke, but there\u2019s nothing funny about Lorna Brady\u2019s predicament in The Woman in the Wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The seamstress, played by Ruth Wilson (Luther<\/a>, The Affair, His Dark Materials), has been sleepwalking \u2013 we later learn that it\u2019s not her first time \u2013 and after waking up with several cows gawking at her, she must now trudge back to her home in the fictional town of Kilkinure, West Ireland, <\/span>while the local busybodies do some gawking of their own as they gossip about her latest escapade.<\/p>\n

Everyone knows everyone \u2019round here, which means nothing goes unseen.<\/p>\n

Lorna\u2019s plight has escalated \u2013 this time she has discovered blood on her nightdress and a shard of glass lodged in the heel of her hand \u2013 which prompts her to upgrade her home security.<\/p>\n

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