The Walshes

{{Short description|Irish/British sitcom (RTÉ/BBC 2014)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2015}}

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| genre = Comedy

| creator = {{Plainlist |

• Diet of Worms
• Graham Linehan}}

| based_on = {{Based on|The Taste of Home|Diet of Worms}}

| writer = {{Plainlist |

• Diet of Worms
• Graham Linehan}}

| director = Graham Linehan

| composer = Neil Hannon

| starring = {{Plainlist |

• Rory Connolly
• Philippa Dunne
• Niall Gaffney
• Shane Langan
• Amy Stephenson
• Owen Roe}}

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| country = {{Plainlist |

• Ireland

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| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 3

| list_episodes = #Episode list

| executive_producer =

| producer = Richard Boden

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| company = {{Plainlist |

• Boom Pictures
• Delightful Industries}}

| channel = {{Plainlist |

• RTÉ One
• RTÉ One HD
• BBC Four
• BBC Four HD}}

| first_aired = {{start date|2014|3|6|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2014|3|27}}

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The Walshes is an Irish comedy television series that was first broadcast on RTÉ One on 6 March and BBC Four on 13 March 2014. The three-part series was written by Graham Linehan and the comedy group Diet of Worms, and is based on the group's 2010 web series The Taste of Home. The show follows the Walshes, a tight-knit family living in the fictional West Dublin suburb of Strollinstown. Diet of Worms portray the family, reprising their roles from the web series.{{cite news | url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-31/mackenzie-crook-to-play-metal-detector-enthusiast-in-one-of-four-new-bbc4-comedies | title=Mackenzie Crook to play metal detector enthusiast in one of four new BBC4 comedies | work=Radio Times | date=31 January 2014 | accessdate=1 February 2014 | author=Dowell, Ben}}{{cite news | url=http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/BBC4-orders-four-comedies_nid-3842.html | title=BBC4 orders four comedies | work=Televisual | date=31 January 2014 | accessdate=1 February 2014 | author=Considine, Pippa}}{{cite news | url=http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/2014-1-31-eur-bbcfour-comedy | title=New Comedies Coming to BBC Four | work=Worldscreen | date=31 January 2014 | accessdate=1 February 2014 | author=Brzoznowski, Kristin}}{{cite news | url=http://entertainment.ie/tv/news/Father-Ted-writers-new-series-The-Walshes-coming-soon/240192.htm | title=Father Ted writer's new series 'The Walshes' coming soon! | work=entertainment.ie | date=31 January 2014 | accessdate=1 February 2014 | author=Flynn, Fiona}}

In Brittan, the show was originally shown on BBC Four and was broadcast again on BBC Two in November 2014. The writer, Graham Linehan, has said that if the show gets higher viewing figures this time it may come back with a new series.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Glinner/status/528187748323442688|title=Graham Linehan on Twitter|publisher=}} In January 2015, Graham Linehan announced on Twitter that the show had been cancelled, blaming "zero publicity" from BBC Two.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyedge.ie/the-walshes-graham-linehan-cancelled-1896315-Jan2015/|title=The Walshes was cancelled, and Graham Linehan is pretty mad| work=The Daily Edge|publisher=TheJournal.ie|date=22 January 2015|accessdate=29 January 2015|author=Loftus, Valerie}}