A24, the drama producer that hired the BBC’s Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett in March, is adapting Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain for the corporation.
The acclaimed novel, set in working-class Glasgow in the 1980s, will be adapted by its author Douglas Stuart in his first television series.
Shuggie Bain was inspired by Stuart’s childhood and the BBC described it as a story of “pride, sexuality, addiction and love”.
It tells the story of mother-son relationship in which Shuggie, an effeminate boy who struggles to fit in, tries to help his mother through her alcoholism.
The project is being filmed in Scotland for BBC1 and iPlayer, but the BBC did not reveal the timeframe or the number of episodes.
Shuggie Bain will be executive produced by BBC drama commissioning editor Gaynor Holmes and A24. Broadcast is trying to establish whether former BBC drama director Wenger or ex BBC Films director Garnett will have any personal involvement.
The series is being distributed by A24.
Stuart said: “I am deeply grateful to the BBC and A24 for their belief in Shuggie Bain. I’m thrilled to bring the Bain family to the screen and the opportunity to expand on my novel and to bring new threads to the story, exploring hardships and struggles as well as the compassion, humour, and resilience that is so central to the Scottish spirit.”
This story first appeared on Screen’s sister site Broadcast
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