Just like the novel before it, the series is set to be a hugely emotional watch, as it sees Tony Curran\u2019s Tully receiving some terrible news and planning to enlist his lifelong friend Jimmy to help him act on it. In fact, Compston recently revealed just how emotional the drama was to shoot in an interview about the project.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the new series, Compston said: \u201cIt\u2019s a drama based around relationships and friendships. The main characters are two old friends who have been best pals for decades and one of them gets life-changing news. He plans to act on that news and enlists the help of his best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cIt\u2019s set across two timelines and is by far the most emotionally challenging job I\u2019ve ever done.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Mayflies also stars Ashley Jensen, ahead of her new role in Shetland<\/a>, and Tracy Ifeachor, while the book has been adapted for the screen by Andrea Gibb.<\/p>\n Compston recently told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press of his own fears about responses from fans of the novel, saying: \u201cGenuinely, it is terrifying.\u201d<\/a><\/p> However, he added that \u201cputting anything out, even if it wasn\u2019t an adaptation, is terrifying \u2013 when you\u2019re putting yourself out there and people are going to watch it. But particularly with a novel and, as you say, something that\u2019s much loved and very quotable.\u201d<\/p>\n Following Mayflies, Compston will next be seen in Amazon Prime Video<\/a>\u2018s The Rig<\/a>, which will arrive on the streamer in the new year.<\/p>\n Mayflies airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm on 28th and 29th December 2022. For more news, interviews and features, visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub, or find something to watch now with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Christmas double issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now<\/b><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/b>subscribe now<\/b><\/span><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/b>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 19 December 2022 at 12:00 am Line of Duty star Martin Compston\u2019s new series Mayflies arrives on BBC One later this month, and it\u2019s based on the 2020 book of the same name by Andrew O\u2019Hagan. Just like the novel before it, the series is set to be a hugely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27370,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/martin-compston-mayflies-is-most-emotionally-challenging-job-ive-done-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/martin-compston-mayflies-is-most-emotionally-challenging-job-ive-done-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/martin-compston-mayflies-is-most-emotionally-challenging-job-ive-done-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/martin-compston-mayflies-is-most-emotionally-challenging-job-ive-done-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/martin-compston-mayflies-is-most-emotionally-challenging-job-ive-done-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/martin-compston-mayflies-is-most-emotionally-challenging-job-ive-done-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/martin-compston-mayflies-is-most-emotionally-challenging-job-ive-done-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 19 December 2022 at 12:00 am Line of Duty star Martin Compston\u2019s new series Mayflies arrives on BBC One later this month, and it\u2019s based on the 2020 book of the same name by Andrew O\u2019Hagan. Just like the novel before it, the series is set to be a hugely…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/27369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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