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Telly Highlights 2023

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This isn't everything I watched last year, but I wanted to call out some of the things that have stuck with me in different ways.  There might be minor spoilers but I have tried to avoid giving away any big plot secrets  The Woman in the Wall A gripping thriller with Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack set in Ireland and digging into the horrors of the Irish laundries scandal and the ongoing impact.  I will watch pretty much anything with Ruth Wilson and as Lorna she plays a woman who has lost a child in the system and has never recovered.  The layers of secrets still being held in the community, and the tensions and secret kindnesses are beautifully drawn. The blurring of the lines between delusion and reality are played so cleverly, partly for keeping us on our toes about what is really happening, and then also to mirror the delusions vs reality that still exist within families, friends and the wider community. Makes for an addictive narrative too.  And there is a...