The Walshes
- TV sitcom
- BBC Four
- 2014
- 3 episodes (1 series)
BBC Four sitcom about a tight-knit family from West Dublin. Created by Irish comedy troupe Diet of Worms with Father Ted writer Graham Linehan. Stars Niall Gaffney, Philippa Dunne, Amy Stephenson, Rory Connolly, Shane Langan and Owen Roe
Press clippings Page 3
The Walshes interview
An interview with Diet of Worms. "It was very polite of Graham Linehan to humour us..."
Michael Curle, Chortle, 12th March 2014Yes, yes, we know - it's another family sitcom. But we wouldn't write The Walshes off just yet, since it comes from the mind of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd creator Graham Lineham. If he can create beloved comedy programmes out of set ups like 'a grouchy man runs a terrible bookshop' and 'a load of nerds do nerdy things in a basement', then we're sure he's had plenty of fun playing with Irish family stereotypes.
The Walshes of the title are a husband and wife in West Dublin still living with their grown up children, one of whom is preparing, with dread, to introduce her nervy new boyfriend to the family. Miss this, and you'll be a bit of an eejit...
Daniel Sperling, Digital Spy, 9th March 2014Meet the Walshes
The Walshes is a new Irish sitcom, a BBC/RTÉ co-production, about a close-knit, working class Dublin family with a penchant for toilet humour.
The Independent (Ireland), 6th March 2014Graham Linehan: The Walshes is no Mrs Brown's Boys
The Father Ted creator is hoping his new sitcom The Walshes will not be compared with Brendan O'Carroll's hit - and says he was "never really a big fan" of O'Carroll's work.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 24th February 2014