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Sinners (BBC1 Drama, Anne-Marie Duff, Tina Kellegher)
Sinners: Drama set in Ireland in 1963. Young unmarried Anne-Marie’s family sends her to a “Magdalen laundry” to hide her away when they learn she is pregnant. The laundry is run by nuns who maintain a very strict and cruel discipline. Upon giving birth, the babies are given away for adoption, but the mothers are still not permitted to leave unless a family member signs for them – if they try and escape they are hunted down and dragged back. Anne-Marie escapes and before she is recaptured she meets a local widower who agrees to marry her.
Cast:ANNE-MARIE DUFF as Anne-Marie/Theresa / TINA KELLEGHER as Sister Bernadette / BRONAGH GALLAGHER as Kitty / JOHN KAVANAGH as Frank / ELAINE SYMONS as Brida / MICHAEL COLGAN as Eamonn / GER RYAN as Eileen / RUTH BRADLEY as Angela / KAREN ARDIFF as Nuala
Writer: Lizzie Mickery / Director: Aisling Walsh / Executive Producers: Robert Cooper, Kate Triggs
UK / BBC One / 1×90 minutes / 26 March 2002 at 9:00pm