The trauma of the Laundries is not an easy Sunday night drama subject, which makes this series' handling so impressive
It is far more sinisterwhen Lorna arranged to meet the mysterious figure, they never showed up. But she blacked out and woke up at home with a dead body in her red room. A phone call confirmed it was the corpse of the letter-sender, and the information about her daughter had died with her.
A documentary or even a straight historical drama about the Magdalene Laundries runs the risk of turning off audiences who don’t like period pieces or simply don’t want their Sunday evenings full of pain. There’s a reason cosier series likeBut threading important information about the atrocities through a riveting, slightly spooky murder mystery starring one of the best British actors of the last decade is a clever way to shine a light on a subject that has been swept away for far too long.
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