Martin Compston has completed filming for his upcoming BBC drama Mayflies.
Mayflies relies on Andrew O'Hagan 's novel of the identical identify which has been described as an “intimate and devastating portrait of male friendship”. Since ending the sixth season of Line of Obligation, Greenock-born Martin has saved himself busy starring in ITV drama Our Home, Amazon Prime's The Rig, and an sadly quick function in BBC drama Vigil.
The sequence has been filmed in and round Glasgow and Ayrshire. In an announcement to the BBC, O’Hagan mentioned of the TV adaptation: “The story is a really private one to me, and it’s superb to see the characters come to life.”
Set in a small Scottish city, Mayflies tells the story of Jimmy and Tully – two younger males who type a friendship based mostly on music, movies, and, a insurgent spirit. Opening in the summertime of 1986, the sequence follows the pair as they rush in the direction of the “climax of their youth” – a music pageant in Manchester. There, towards the backdrop of the music they love, they make a vow: to go at life otherwise.
Quick ahead 30 years later, nevertheless, and issues change. Someday, the telephone rings – and when Jimmy picks up, he learns that Tully has the worst sort of information, and a request “that can check their friendship, love, and loyalty to the restrict”. Because the synopsis concludes: “Mayflies is a memorial to youth’s euphoria and to on a regular basis tragedy. A young goodbye to an previous union, it discovers the enjoyment and the prices of affection.”
The sequence has a packed forged that sees Martin and Tony Curran work alongside Ashley Jensen as Anna, additional names becoming a member of the forged embrace Tracy lfeachor (Showtrial) as Iona, Tom Glynn-Carney (Dunkirk) as younger Tully, Rian Gordon (Vigil) as younger Jimmy, Elaine C Smith (Two Doorways Down) as Barbara, Shauna Macdonald (The Descent) as Fiona, Cal MacAninch (Time) as Tibbs and Colin McCredie (River Metropolis) as Scott.
Mayflies will air later this yr on BBC One, BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer.
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