Updated 01-09-2023
Ruth Wilson stars as Lorna Brady in the new drama series on the BBC
The gripping new BBC One drama The Woman in the Wall is continuing tonight, with the second episode airing at 9pm.
Based on a true story, The Woman in the Wall tells the tale of Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson), a woman who wakes up one morning to find a dead body in her house.
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Set in Northern Ireland, the series also reflects on the horrors at the infamous Magdalene Laundries, where an estimated 800 graves were eventually discovered.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande star Daryl McCormack also appears as a detective who begins to investigate Lorna for a crime she’s connected to.
The first episode also introduced the fact that Lorna sleepwalks and is deeply troubled by her past experiences at the Magdalene asylums.
But where is the drama series filmed?
The Woman in the Wall was filmed around County Mayo in Northern Ireland. County Mayo is on the west coast of Ireland, an area knonw for its idyllic scenery and landscape, with Georgian architecture and Westport House, a mansion with dungeons.
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Where is The Woman in the Wall filmed?Despite being set in the fictional town of Kilkinure, the series was still filmed on location in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland’s County Mayo.
The show’s creator, Joe Murtagh, who also serves as executive producer, has said that he created the series to shine a light on the atrocities in the area.
‘My family is from Mayo and it deeply frustrates and saddens me that it feels so few people have heard of the Laundries that existed across Ireland,’ he explained.
Creator Joe Murtagh wanted to ‘shine a light’ on the atrocities
‘I hope that by making something that has the familiarity of a genre piece we are able to shed some light on the awful things that occurred in these institutions.’
He added: ‘[I want to] introduce this history to the wider public, so that nothing like it may ever happen again.’
Watch The Woman in the Wall on BBC One.
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