SHOWTIME^® ANNOUNCES PREMIERE DATE FOR THE WOMAN IN THE WALL  

Six-Episode Drama Series, Starring Golden Globe^® Award Winner Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack,
To Premiere on Streaming January 19 on Paramount+ with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME^® Plan,

Ahead of Its On-Air Debut on SHOWTIME on January 21

Photo credit: Chris Barr/BBC/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME

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November 20, 2023 – SHOWTIME today announced that its upcoming six-episode thriller THE WOMAN IN THE WALL will premiere on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan on Friday, January 19, before making its on-air debut on SHOWTIME on Sunday, January 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The series, starring and executive produced by BAFTA^® and Golden Globe^® Award winner Ruth Wilson (THE AFFAIR, His Dark Materials) and co-starring BAFTA Award nominee Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Peaky Blinders), also will premiere on Paramount+ on January 19 in Canada and on January 20 in Latin America, Brazil, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany Switzerland, and Austria. 

Created and written by BAFTA Award nominee Joe Murtagh (Calm with Horses), THE WOMAN IN THE WALL centers on Lorna Brady (Wilson), a woman from the small, fictional Irish 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 ever since she was ripped from her life at the age of 15 and incarcerated in The Kilkinure Convent, a (fictional) home to one of Ireland’s infamous Magdalene Laundries for women. There, Lorna gave birth to her daughter Agnes, who cruelly was taken from her and whose fate Lorna never has known.  

Detective Colman Akande (McCormack) is now also on Lorna’s tail for a crime seemingly unrelated to the body she has discovered in her house. His scathing wit hides a quiet sadness, and when he meets Lorna, he finds himself forced to confront his own haunting secrets. As Colman searches for a murderer and Lorna searches for her daughter, their paths collide in ways they never could have anticipated. The series also stars Simon Delaney (The Conjuring 2), Philippa Dunne (The Nevers), Mark Huberman (Band of Brothers), Hilda Fay (Float Like a Butterfly), Frances Tomelty (The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard) and Dermot Crowley (Luther: The Fallen Sun).  

THE WOMAN IN THE WALL is produced by Motive Pictures for SHOWTIME and The BBC. In addition, the series is executive produced by Simon Maxwell (Get Millie Black, Deep State), Sam Lavender (Saint Maud, The Lobster), Murtagh, Wilson (Mrs. Wilson, True Things) and Harry Wootliff (True Things).

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SHOWTIME Contacts:

Nicole Elice: nicole.elice@showtime.com

Jamie Kekejian: jamie.kekejian@showtime.com

MTV Entertainment Studios Contacts:

Michael Fabiani, Michael.Fabiani@paramount.com

Charli Wood, Charli.Wood@paramount.com