Overview
- The miniseries premiered in the United States on September 20, 2026, with all four episodes available on PBS Passport and via Masterpiece on Prime Video.
- Trespasses follows Cushla Lavery, a young Catholic schoolteacher in 1975 Belfast who becomes involved in a secret relationship with an older married Protestant barrister.
- Critics single out Lola Petticrew for her lead performance and Gillian Anderson for her role as Cushla’s alcoholic widowed mother.
- Writer Ailbhe Keogan and director Dawn Shadforth lead a female creative team that shapes the show into a character‑driven drama rather than a sensational historical spectacle.
- The series adapts Louise Kennedy’s fiction rooted in her memories of 1970s Northern Ireland and uses a concentrated four‑episode format to emphasize family, addiction, and the local social pressures that shape the characters.