“Such a special job. Can’t wait to share it with you all”
Filming has wrapped for a new Channel 4 series based on the award-winning Belfast novel ‘Close to Home’.
With House of Guinness and Say Nothing star Anthony Boyle leading the cast, Close to Home revels in the reckless decadence of youth and celebrates a generation growing up in the wake of the Troubles.
Adapted for the screen by author Michael Magee, who received the prestigious 2023 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and the Nero Prize for Debut Fiction 2024 for his debut novel, it sees Boyle reunite with his Netflix co-stars Seamus O’Hara and Jessica Reynolds.
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Filming began in Northern Ireland back in February and Anthony, who plays the lead Sean, took to social media to confirm that the project had wrapped last week.
Sharing a round-up of photos from the production, he said: “That’s a wrap on Close To Home.
“Such a special job. Can’t wait to share it with you all.”
Anthony also acted as Executive Producer for the four-part series and said he was “very grateful” to be able to turn his favourite book into a show.
He said: “Want to bring this story to life in the most authentic and honest way possible so people from west Belfast and all around the world see themselves and their stories reflected on screen.”
Close to Home was filmed with support from Northern Ireland Screen and Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland.
A description of the show reads: “Close to Home tells the story of Sean, a young man who finds himself back in Belfast. Back from university and back into old habits.
“Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs that always fall through. Back with his brother, his ma and all the things they never talk about.
“Back where the promised prosperity of peacetime has yet to arrive and every street has a story to tell. One night, Sean assaults a stranger at a party and everything is tipped into chaos.”
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