Martin Compston's brand new Scottish BBC drama is set to air today, as it tells a story of friendship, love, and loyalty. The Line of Duty star will be back on screens from Tuesday night (December 27) as he stars in the TV adaptation of Scots author Andrew O'Hagan's book of the same name, which won Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2021.
The Greenock-born actor, 38, recently called the series "by far the most emotionally challenging job I’ve ever done". The series will tug on viewers heartstrings as an homage to life long friendship, and has been described as an "intimate and devastating portrait of male friendship".Mayflies was adapted by Andrea Gibb (Elizabeth Is Missing) and directed by Peter Mackie Burns (Rialto).Here's everything you need to know about Martin Compston's new drama..
The full cast for Mayflies is as follows:Mayflies tell the heartbreakingly stunning tale of friendship, love, and loyalty. The show is based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Scots author Andrew O'Hagan, and showcases the lifelong friendship of Jimmy and Tully.The official synopsis for the series says: "Everyone has a Tully Dawson (Tony Curran) - the friend who defines your life.
In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, Jimmy (Martin Compston) and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit."With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth - a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain.
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