Holding (TV series)

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Holding
Genre Crime drama
Based onHolding
by Graham Norton
Written by
Directed by Kathy Burke
Country of origin
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerMartina Niland
Production companies
Original release
Network ITV
Release14 March (2022-03-14) 
4 April 2022 (2022-04-04)

Holding is a four-part television series based on the debut novel of the same name by Graham Norton. It premiered on ITV on 14 March 2022 and on Virgin Media More in Ireland on 12 April 2022.

Contents

Premise

Easy-going Garda Sergeant Patrick Joseph ("PJ") Collins' peaceful life in a quiet Cork village is disrupted by discovery of an adult male skeleton at a building site.

Cast

Main

Supporting

  • Demi Isaac Oviawe as Aoife Akingbola
  • Calum Rea as Cathal Riordan
  • Jane Spollen as Carmel Riordan
  • Lochlann Ó Mearáin as Cormac Byrne
  • Jim O'Donnell as Willy McCarthy
  • Pat Kinevane as Martin Flynn
  • Anne Kent as Nora Goggin
  • Karl Quinn as John Flynn
  • Michael Fry as Alan Doddy
  • Felix Brown as Tommy Burke
  • Norma Sheahan as D.S. Norma Casey
  • Graham Norton as Radio DJ (voice)
  • Ivet Corvea as Doctor Walshe
  • Gary Murphy as Sgt Looney

Production

Development

It was announced in May 2021 that ITV had commissioned a four-part adaptation of Graham Norton's novel. Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Karen Cogan would write the script for ITV's label Happy Prince with Kathy Burke directing and Martina Niland for Port Pictures. [1]

Casting

Alongside the commission in May, Conleth Hill was cast as the lead character PJ Collins. [2] It was later announced in July 2021 that Siobhán McSweeney, Charlene McKenna, Helen Behan, Pauline McLynn, and Brenda Fricker would star alongside Hill with the likes of Clinton Liberty, Amy Conroy, Olwen Fouéré, Eleanor Tiernan, Gary Shelford, Lochlann Ó Mearáin, Sky Yang, and Demi Isaac Oviawe also having joined the cast. [3]

Filming

Principal photography took place on location in West Cork with support from Screen Ireland, beginning in July 2021 and wrapping in October. Filming locations included Drimoleague and Castletownshend. [4]

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References

  1. "ITV commissions four part drama Holding". ITV Press Centre. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. Kanter, Jake (20 May 2021). "Conleth Hill To Headline ITV Adaptation Of Graham Norton's Debut Novel 'Holding'". Deadline. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. "Brenda Fricker, Siobhán McSweeney, Charlene McKenna, Helen Behan and Pauline McLynn cast alongside Conleth Hill in ITV drama Holding". ITV Press Centre. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. McCarthy, Esther (6 October 2021). "That's a wrap: Adaptation of Graham Norton book completes filming in Co Cork". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 December 2021.