THE WALSH SISTERS - sat 9.15pm bbc 1 - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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New series 6 which is mean to be ace !!

was shown originally in Ireland last year and now bbc have it

Enter The Walsh Sisters, which has been adapted from several of Marian Keyes' beloved novels and introduces us to the dysfunctional but deeply loveable Walsh family.

Featuring five sisters, a devout mother and a bemused father, every family will find something to relate to in the chaos that surrounds them.

Billed as a "comedy about serious things — a pacy, brutally honest and uncompromisingly funny exposé of the realities of being an Irish sister", we meet the five sisters as they’re drifting through adulthood in Dublin and supporting each other as they cope with heartbreak, grief, addiction and parenthood.

And if it's as good as Marian's books, it's going to be a truly outstanding piece of TV.

The six-part series is part based on two of Marian Keyes’ novels, Rachel’s Holiday and Anybody Out There and introduces us to a group of five loveable but chaotic sisters living in Dublin - Anna (Louisa Harland), Rachel (Caroline Menton), Maggie (Stefanie Preissner), Claire (Danielle Galligan) and Helen (Máiréad Tyers) – as they navigate the peaks and troughs of their late 20s and 30s.

It's a sisterhood full of in-jokes, hand-me-down resentments and more than a few old wounds.

But their DNA, history and shared love of power ballads keep the Walsh sisters together in the face of heartbreak, grief, addiction and parenthood.

The cast of The Walsh Sisters includes:
• Louisa Harland (Derry Girls, Renegade Nell) as Anna
• Caroline Menton (Oddity) as Rachel
• Danielle Galligan (Kin, Shadow and Bone)

•	Máiréad Tyers (My Lady Jane, Belfast) as Helen
•	Stefanie Preissner (How to Adult) as Maggie
•	Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall) as Jack ‘Daddy’ Walsh
•	Carrie Crowley (Hope Street) as Mammy Walsh
•	Debi Mazar (Younger) as Chaquie
•	Gina Moxley (The Patient Gloria, Here Before) as Josephine 
•	Jay Duffy (Wheel of Time, Northern Lights) as Luke Costello
•	Samuel Anderson (Amandaland (<a class="break-all" href="https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a69662742/jennifer-saunders-amandaland-christmas-special/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a69662742/jennifer-saunders-amandaland-christmas-special/))</a> as Aidan

Ah I don't know if I should watch it now reading some of these comments!

I do love these books (although I have to say I read them years ago so not sure I can remember much!)
But I'm not sure it can live up to the books!

I know @purpleme12 😢

wish people wouldn’t remark if they have seen it as their views could put people off

let us watch e1 and then see

Ah no I wasn't saying that I didn't like that people have said their opinions about the programme

Ah ok.

Tho often If read the book the programme isn’t as good as by change things

This starts in 30mins

Love the books, just hope they have got Mammy right

Well I doubt they will. ..

Found this

https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/the-walsh-sisters-bbc-one-five-irish-sisters-navigate-love-loss-chaos-darkly-funny-new-series-plot-cast-start-date/

And Behind by 15m as a good friend called after a row with her boyfriend and I was a fab friend and didn’t say I need to go and watch tv 😂😂

so just starting now

I haven't read Rachel's holiday so this is all new to me. It seems ok so far.

I’ve only read anyone out there

didn’t reliese they are a series

here is what the books are about if want to know

https://www.goodreads.com/series/55822-walsh-family

Watched half of the episode and I'm so disappointed!
None of the main characters are as I pictured them from how they are portrayed in the books. Mammy Walsh, in particular, is just wrong!

I quite enjoyed that.

Rachel is spot on. Helen is too. Mammy Walsh isn't quite right. Not sure what to make of Luke. He was a smouldering sex god in the book. He's ok in this, just a watered down version.

Mammy Walsh is not how she is in my head, nor is Claire, I will possibly give it more time but it's not got much of a Marian Keyes vibe for me rn, it could be any normal drama

Didn't like it 😕
I know Rachel would be annoying, but when reading the book from her perspective she just isn't!

And Mammy is wrong- too grumpy?

Well I didn’t hate it.

Not getting Anna and Aiden married before he dies is an odd choice though.

And I’m sad about the loss of the Real Men and Luke being the ridiest man in Ireland.

It's not. It's absolute shite. They have ruined my favourite book😭

I didn’t love it but found it watchable. Mammy Walsh looked like Colleen Nolan or maybe Mrs Doyle from Father Ted in my head. It’s been a while since I read the books.

It doesn't have the sparkle and humour of the books but really how do you capture Marion Keyes' writing?
I knew that, off the page, Rachel would come over as much more unlikeable, but Claire was pretty awful too. I'll keep watching though!

I love the books but I’m always disappointed by TV adaptations. I’ll try it.

Sophie Kinsellas Shopaholic was awful.

All the sister stuff has made me want to watch The Split again. I've just checked and it's still on the iplayer 😀

Obviously Marian Keyes books are absolute gold and were always going to be hard to get across in the same way on TV. I thought Rachel came across as tragic like she does in the book rather than annoying or unlikeable. She's an addict so in some respects she will be unlikeable. I think the actress playing Rachel is doing a great job and better than any of the others casted.

Just out of interest, and without spoilers, how have people who've read the books envisioned Mammy? I'm sure I've read at least one of the Walsh ones but I really can't remember which!

Well I really enjoyed that. But have only read one book so can’t compare it really

mummy Walsh looks familiar and her voice but can’t place her

She looks a bit like Geraldine James but it's not her.