The Walsh Sisters author Marian Keyes has said that she “never considered” the possibility that the BBC’s new TV adaptation might not be to her liking.<\/p>\n
Adapted from her books, the series follows a “dysfunctional, but deeply loveable” family comprised of five sisters, their devout mother and bemused father, all of whom are based in Dublin.<\/p>\n
The synopsis teases: “This is a sisterhood full of in-jokes, hand-me-down resentments and more than a few old wounds.<\/p>\n
“But their DNA, history and shared love of power ballads keep the Walsh sisters together in the face of heartbreak, grief, addiction and parenthood.”<\/p>\n
Keyes is attached to The Walsh Sisters as an executive producer, but told Radio Times<\/a> that she certainly wasn’t protective over her source material, which she happily handed over to screenwriter and co-star Stefanie Preissner.<\/p>\n Want to see this content?<\/p>\n “I knew Stefanie already, and I knew her work, and I recommended her as a writer because I really, really hoped that she would adapt it,” she revealed. “But you don’t know [how the series will turn out].<\/p>\n “The books are going to be altered as they’re adapted, and then actors are going to interpret the role in the way that feels appropriate to them,” elaborated Keyes.<\/p>\n “They will be directed by a director who has their own vision, and then it has to be edited, [so] it’s impossible to exert any control. My attitude was like, ‘Go with God, fly free my pretties.'”<\/p>\n She compared authors voicing anger over adaptations to a homeowner selling up, but complaining when the next residents carry out renovations on the property.<\/p>\n “It belongs to somebody else,” she explained. “And they’re going to make their most beautiful interpretation of it.”<\/p>\n Keyes added: “You cannot anticipate the outcome [but] I do feel incredibly happy. I genuinely love it and it just makes me fill up with joy… Even if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have complained, because you get what you get.”<\/p>\n The Walsh Sisters is available on BBC iPlayer right now, boasting an ensemble cast comprised of Preissner, Louisa Harland (Derry Girls<\/a>), Caroline Menton (All Creatures Great and Small<\/a>), Danille Galligan (House of Guinness<\/a>) and M\u00e1ir\u00e9ad Tyers (Extraordinary<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Walsh Sisters premieres on BBC One at 9:15pm on Saturday 21st February. Alternatively, stream on iPlayer.<\/p>\n Add The Walsh Sisters to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Walsh Sisters author Marian Keyes has said that she “never considered” the possibility that the BBC’s new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-303748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}