Smother review: A rare delight to watch an Irish TV drama hit all the right notes

Episode one of Smother got RTÉ's new series off to a great start,  with  Séana Kerslake the stand-out star of an impressive cast
Smother review: A rare delight to watch an Irish TV drama hit all the right notes

Smother: Niamh Walsh as Jenny, Dervla Kirwan as Val, Seána Kerslake and Gemma Leah Devereux as Anna.

You don’t hear the term ‘f**cking gobshite’ often enough on television. Or when you do, it’s way off, like the Irish accents in Wild Mountain Thyme.

Denis Ahern (played by Stuart Graham) delivers a proper juicy one early on in Smother (RTÉ One, Sunday 9.30pm.) It sets the tone for the whole show.

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