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Filming Wraps in NI on ‘Small Island’
26 Mar 2009 :
Naomie Harris
Filming will wrap this week on ‘Small Island’, a new 2 x 90-minute drama produced by Ruby Films for the BBC which has been shooting in Northern Ireland since mid February. The production will move to Jamaica at the end of this week.

The drama which is an adaptation based on the award winning novel by Andrea Levy has been filming in various locations across Northern Ireland as well as at the Paint Hall Studio in Belfast and features Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean), David Oyelowo (The Last King of Scotland), Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre), Benedict Cumberbatch (Starter For Ten), Nikki Amuka-Bird (The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Survivors) and Ashley Walters (Hustle). The story is set in 1948 and through the relationships of two couples, is a glimpse at Jamaican emigrants settling in post-WWII Britain and the problems faced by both them and original settlers.

Paula Milne (The Virgin Queen) and Sarah Williams (Becoming Jane) have penned the adaptation with John Alexander (Life On Mars, Survivors) directing. Ruby Television Productions have partnered with Al Films, Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Worldwide in bringing the drama to Belfast which has also received funding from Northern Ireland Screen Fund, supported by Invest NI. Ruby Films were previously behind the award-winning drama ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ with Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt. The drama is due to broadcast in Autumn 2009 on BBC.

Executive Producers for ‘Small Island’ are Alison Owen (Elizabeth, Proof, The Other Boleyn Girl), Paula Milne and Paul Trijbits (Five Minutes of Heaven, Bloody Sunday; Touching the Void). The producers are Joanna Anderson, Vicky Licorish and Grainne Marmion (The Borrowers; Larkrise to Candleford). The executive producer for the BBC is Lucy Richer, Commissioning Editor, Independent Drama Commissioning.



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