{"id":14676,"date":"2021-03-26T08:45:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/irish-drama-smother-set-uktvs-alibi\/"},"modified":"2021-03-26T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T16:00:44","slug":"irish-drama-smother-set-for-uktvs-alibi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/irish-drama-smother-set-for-uktvs-alibi\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Drama Smother Set for UKTV&#8217;s Alibi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has licensed the U.K. broadcast rights for the new RT\u00c9 drama <em>Smother<\/em> for Alibi.<\/p>\n<p>Smother is an Irish investigative thriller about the secrets families keep from each other. It stars Dervla Kirwan (<em>The Stranger<\/em>, <em>Safe House<\/em>) and Se\u00e1na Kerslake (<em>Hole in the Ground<\/em>) and is created by Kate O\u2019Riordan (<em>Penance<\/em>, <em>Mr Selfridge<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Smother is produced by BBC Studios Production Drama North and Scotland in partnership with Dublin-based Treasure Entertainment, in association with Screen Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Charalambous, UKTV&#8217;s global acquisitions manager, said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be happier to be working with our friends at BBC Studios to bring this hugely exciting series to the U.K. <em>Smother<\/em> is a fantastic addition to our upcoming slate of UKTV exclusive acquisitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emma Ayech, Alibi channel director, added: \u201cThis has everything that Alibi viewers love: intrigue, danger, family drama and some incredible talent involved on both sides of the camera. We can\u2019t wait to try and uncover the mysteries of <em>Smother<\/em> every week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Parke, executive producer BBC Studios, said: \u201c<em>Smother<\/em> puts a mother at the heart of an investigation into the dark secrets in her own family. Kate O\u2019Riordan\u2019s drama explores the deep-rooted, primal maternal instinct to protect no matter what the cost. <em>Smother<\/em> is a bold, twisty and compelling domestic thriller and we are delighted to be sitting alongside the finest of crime dramas on Alibi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert Walpole, producer for Treasure Entertainment, said: &#8220;<em>Smother<\/em> is a complex and gripping family drama which presents a truly modern vision of rural Ireland and showcases an ensemble of really great new and established on-screen talent. 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