Stripped of the fizz and energy of Marian Keyes’ glorious, joyous writing, ‘The Walsh Sisters’ is left naked

Stripped of the fizz and energy of Marian Keyes’ glorious, joyous writing, ‘The Walsh Sisters’ is left naked

It’s only the first episode, and there’s a heap of pressure on it, but this is an iffy start to the TV take on the beloved book series

Co-writer Stefanie Preissner (centre) with the cast of ‘The Walsh Sisters’, Máiréad Tyers, Danielle Galligan, Caroline Menton and Louisa Harland. Photo: RTÉ/Enda Bowe

We must start by saying that it is unfair to review a television series on the basis of its first episode.

But we must also make it clear that RTÉ is releasing The Walsh Sisters one precious episode at a time, drop by drop, like a serialised novel by Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century.