A four-part television adaptation of Graham Norton’s first novel Holding will be filmed in Ireland this summer after ITV commissioned the series with financial support from Screen Ireland. Holding, set in the insular fictional village of Duneen in west Cork, was the best-selling novel by an Irish writer in the Irish market on its publication in 2016 and again in 2017. I love how the brilliant creative team have transformed my novel into something so rich and dramatic,” said Mr Norton, who is from Bandon, Co Cork. Holding marks the latest foray into television funding for Screen Ireland (Fís Éireann), the State agency previously known as the Irish Film Board. Andrew Byrne, Screen Ireland’s TV project manager, said the organisation was “delighted to support this major new TV drama”.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2021 10:18 UTC