The Woman in the Wall: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Lorna Brady is a woman from the small, fictional 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, understood to have manifested around the time she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in the Kilkinure Convent. The Convent was home to one of Ireland's infamous Magdalene Laundries, a place where women were taken when they fell afoul of the social norms of their times – from those accused of committing adultery to teenage pregnancies. When it finally closed its doors, a score of survivors were left suffering in its wake. Very few women were able to go on and lead relatively normal lives, and others, such as Lorna, were even less fortunate in their fate. One thing all survivors had in common, is that none of them would ever forget.

Series details

• Title: The Woman in the Wall
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2023-08-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 59 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 63576
• IMDb ID: tt21822590
• TVDB ID: 423577

Cast and credited roles

• Ruth Wilson — Lorna Brady
• Daryl McCormack — Detective Colman Akande
• Simon Delaney — Sgt. Aidan Massey
• Hilda Fay — Amy Kane
• Philippa Dunne — Niamh
• Mark Huberman — Michael Kearney
• Dermot Crowley — James Coyle
• Frances Tomelty — Sister Eileen

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-08-27; final listed air date 2023-09-24; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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