{"id":12881,"date":"2020-03-10T09:04:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T09:04:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:04:48","slug":"rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 &amp; BBC Studios Ready Thriller Smother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Smother<\/em>, a thriller commissioned by RT\u00c9 from BBC Studios, has commenced filming in Ireland with Dervla Kirwan (<em>The Stranger<\/em>, <em>White Dragon<\/em>) leading the cast.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Kate O\u2019Riordan (<em>Mr Selfridge<\/em>), <em>Smother<\/em> is set in a small town on the coast of Clare and centers on family matriarch Val (Kirwan), who is determined to protect her family\u2014particularly her three daughters\u2014at any cost. When her husband is found dead at the foot of a cliff close to their home the morning after a family party, Val investigates the events that unfolded the night before as well her late husband\u2019s relationships with his kids and siblings, unearthing family secrets in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Kirwan in the cast are Niamh Walsh (<em>Good Omens<\/em>, <em>Jamestown<\/em>), Se\u00e1na Kerslake (<em>Can\u2019t Cope, Won\u2019t Cope<\/em>, <em>The Hole in the Ground<\/em>), Gemma-Leah Devereux (<em>Judy<\/em>, <em>The Tudors<\/em>), Stewart Graham (<em>The Cure<\/em>, <em>Hunger<\/em>), Thomas Levin (<em>Borgen<\/em>), Hilary Rose (<em>The Young Offenders<\/em>) and Justine Mitchell (<em>Cheat<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Developed by BBC Studios Drama North and Scotland in partnership with Dublin-based Treasure Entertainment, <em>Smother<\/em> is directed by Dathai Keane (<em>An Klondike<\/em>). BBC Studios is distributing the series internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Kirwan said: \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since anything this well written about an Irish family has come my way. In <em>Smother<\/em>, Kate O\u2019Riordan has created a riveting thriller that will wake the world up to contemporary Ireland and rewrite an outdated narrative that has been peddled about the Irish for years. Val is such a complex, layered character and a ferociously protective mother and I\u2019m really excited to be playing her in such a powerful Irish drama. Smother has so much to say about modern families, and it says it in a compelling and gripping way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kerslake added: \u201cI am delighted to be a part of <em>Smother<\/em>, a compelling modern Irish family drama. It\u2019s great to have County Clare, one of the most beautiful and dramatic parts of our country, as a backdrop. I play Grace Ahern, a complicated and passionate character with a lot of depth and history to explore, which is always dynamic and fun to play. We have a stellar cast involved and some of Ireland&#8217;s finest crew so I\u2019m really excited to see how it all comes together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smother, a thriller commissioned by RT\u00c9 from BBC Studios, has commenced filming in Ireland with Dervla Kirwan (The Stranger, White Dragon) leading the cast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":12882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1138,1231,3756],"class_list":["post-12881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-rte","tag-smother","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RT\u00c9 &amp; BBC Studios Ready Thriller Smother - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RT\u00c9 &amp; BBC Studios Ready Thriller Smother - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smother, a thriller commissioned by RT\u00c9 from BBC Studios, has commenced filming in Ireland with Dervla Kirwan (The Stranger, White Dragon) leading the cast.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-10T13:04:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Smother-bbc-studios-0320.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/\",\"name\":\"RT\u00c9 &amp; BBC Studios Ready Thriller Smother - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-10T13:04:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-10T13:04:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rte-bbc-studios-ready-thriller-smother\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RT\u00c9 &amp; BBC Studios Ready Thriller Smother\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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