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"The Walsh Sisters" will be directed by Ian FitzGibbon ("Hullraisers", "Moone Boy") and produced by award-winning indies Cuba Pictures, based in London, and Irish based Metropolitan Films International, in association with the BBC and Screen Ireland. Cineflix Rights is the exclusive worldwide distribution partner on the six-part series which has been acquired by the BBC.

ITV and CW joined by global partners for the Snowed-In Productions’ series including Prime Video, NBC Universal, CBC and Magenta TV.

The international distributor announced a deal for the thriller with BritBox in the U.S. and Canada, as well as deals in Ireland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bulgaria.

The drama series has been commissioned by RTÉ and it was already sold to UKTV for their Alibi channel and France Télévisions.

On his first official day in the job, Kevin Bakhurst, the new Director General of RTÉ, has said he is standing down the board of the company’s executive management.