Written by Kate O’Riordan (
Mr. Selfridge, The Bay) and produced by Treasure Entertainment (
Finding Joy, Handsome Devil) with BBC Studios,
Smother is an investigative thriller about the secrets families keep from each other, set in a small town on the beautiful, wild and rugged coast of County Clare.
Dervla Kirwan (
The Stranger, White Dragon) leads as family matriarch Val – a devoted mother who is determined to protect her family and particularly her three daughters Jenny, Anna, and Grace, at any cost.
Jenny is a heavily pregnant single doctor, unsure of the choices she has made, played by Niamh Walsh (