RTS and BBC invite you to an exclusive Q&A with the cast and creators behind upcoming Scottish drama Mayflies, starring Martin Compston, Tony Curran, Ashley Jensen and Tracy Ifeachor.
Watch the event from 1pm below.
Set and filmed in Scotland, Mayflies is a co-commission with BBC Scotland in association with All3Media International with support from Screen Scotland.
The cast also includes Tom Glynn-Carney (Dunkirk) as young Tully, Rian Gordon (Vigil) as young Jimmy, Paul Gorman (Outlander) as young Hogg, Mitchell Robertson (A Very British Scandal) as young Tibbs, Elaine C Smith (Two Doors Down) as Barbara, Shauna Macdonald (The Descent) as Fiona, Cal MacAninch (Time) as Tibbs, Colin McCredie (River City) as Scott and newcomer Matt Littleson as young Limbo.
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. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has the worst kind of news, and a request that will test their friendship, love, and loyalty to the limit…
Mayflies is a memorial to youth’s euphoria and to everyday tragedy. A tender goodbye to an old union, it discovers the joy and the costs of love.
Mayflies was commissioned by Ben Irving, Acting Director of Drama, Gaynor Holmes, BBC Drama Commissioning Editor, and was co-commissioned by Louise Thornton, Head of Multi-Platform Commissioning, for BBC Scotland. The drama has been adapted by Andrea Gibb (Elizabeth Is Missing) from Andrew O'Hagan's acclaimed novel of the same name and directed by Peter Mackie Burns (Rialto).
Filming recently took place around Glasgow and Ayrshire. Mayflies will air later this year on BBC One, BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer.
Panel:
- Martin Compston - Jimmy
- Tony Curran - Tully
- Tracy Ifeachor - Iona
- Claire Mundell - Executive Producer
- Chairperson – Paul English, Journalist
