Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestThe government keeps up the pressure. Grainne is refused leave to remain anonymous in court and warned that if she loses the case, costs will be sought. But then Positive Action find proof that the BTSB knew of the contaminated blood and sanctioned a cover-up.
Based on the hepatitis C scandal that rocked Ireland in the mid-1990s. Two very different women discover that they have been infected with hepatitis C by a contaminated anti-D injection years before. Despite the devastating effects on the women and their families, they unite in a campaign group to take on the health authorities and expose the evasions and lies of the political and bureaucratic establishment.
Acting
Fricker and Kennedy's volcanic chemistry.
Writing
Rage so precise it feels like documentary.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Anti-D scandal infected over 1,600 Irish women; many died before seeing accountability.
Brenda Fricker won an Oscar for My Left Foot; this was her first Irish TV role in years.
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