{"id":23186,"date":"2022-10-05T01:01:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T23:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1716262"},"modified":"2022-10-05T01:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T23:26:14","slug":"martin-compston-and-tony-curran-in-first-look-at-bbcs-mayflies","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/martin-compston-and-tony-curran-in-first-look-at-bbcs-mayflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Compston and Tony Curran in first look at BBC\u2019s Mayflies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 05 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The BBC has released first look images of upcoming drama Mayflies, starring Line of Duty<\/a>\u2018s Martin Compston and Tony Curran (Underworld: Evolution) as best friends Tully and Jimmy.<\/p>\n

The two-parter is an adaptation of Andrew O\u2019Hagan\u2019s novel, also titled Mayflies, and\u00a0features the characters both as adults well into their friendship (pictured above), and as young lads growing up in the \u201980s when their bond first begins to form.<\/p>\n

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Young Jimmy, Young Tully and friends in Mayflies.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

But 30 years on, Jimmy receives a call from Tully with \u201cthe worst kind of news,\u201d which is set to test their lifelong friendship.<\/p>\n

Compston and Curran are joined by the likes of Ashley Jensen as Tully\u2019s wife Anna, Tracy Ifeachor as Jimmy\u2019s wife Iona,\u00a0Tom Glynn-Carney (Dunkirk) as young Tully, Rian Gordon (Vigil) as young Jimmy, Elaine C Smith (Two Doors Down) as Barbara, Shauna Macdonald (The Descent) as Fiona, Cal MacAninch (Time) as Tibbs and Colin McCredie (River City) as Scott.<\/p>\n

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Iona (Tracy Ifeachor) Anna (Ashley Jensen), Tully (Tony Curran), and Jimmy (Martin Compston).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Filming for the series was recently completed around Glasgow and Ayrshire, with the two-part series set to land\u00a0later this year on BBC One, BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>

Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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