“Beautifully and harrowingly done… the gothic elements feel integral to the story.”
The Guardian
The Woman in the Wall
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Key Cast
Lorna Brady: Ruth Wilson
Detective Coleman Akanda: Daryl McCormack
Stg. Aidan Massey: Simon Delaney
Lead director: Harry Wootliff
Creator: Joe Murtagh
Synopsis
Kilkinure, Ireland, 2015. When Lorna Brady wakes to find a corpse in her house, she has no idea who the dead woman is or if she’s responsible for the apparent murder.
Re-tracing her steps, Lorna realises that the mysterious woman, Aoife, could be linked to her past in the town’s Magdalene Laundry. She may even hold the answer to the question Lorna has long craved: what happened to her child? Fearing her violent sleepwalking escapades, Lorna tries to keep herself awake whilst seeking the truth.
Meanwhile in Dublin, Detective Colman Akande is confronted with the murder of a local priest, Father Percy. His investigation brings him to Kilkinure where he joins forces with local guard Massey. Key evidence has been destroyed, but Colman identifies his murder suspect as Aoife Cassidy, whilst Lorna’s strange behaviour brings her to his attention.
The town’s laundry survivors are campaigning for justice and Lorna discovers that Aoife spoke to another survivor, Clemence, whose funeral puts Lorna on edge while her sleeplessness is getting to her. Hope then comes through information about Clemence’s daughter.
