If you wanted the full story of the laundries, then The Magdelene Sisters would be more your thing.
This was totally gripping, I watched all the episodes this afternoon. It was a great drama, it had lots of twists and turns but still portrayed the horrendous treatment of those unmarried, pregnant girls.
I know all about the laundries, how evil nuns are and how totally corrupt the catholic church is, I was in a mother and baby home with my mother, until she left me behind being so called cared for by nuns, so learning about them was not my reason for watching.