Filming has begun in Northern Ireland on Ballykissangel writer Barry Devlin’s new BBC One drama My Mother And Other Strangers.

Set in Northern Ireland during World War Two, the five-part series follows the fortunes of the Coyne family and their neighbours as they struggle to maintain a normal life after a huge United States Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield with 4,000 service men and women lands in the middle of their rural parish in 1943.

My Mother and Other Strangers features a dangerous love triangle between Rose (The Outcast‘s Hattie Morahan), her husband Michael Coyne (Owen McDonnell) and a charming USAAF liaison officer, Captain Dreyfuss (Aaron Staton).

The cast also includes Eileen O’Higgins (Brooklyn), Des McAleer (Hunger), Seamus O’Hara (6 Degrees), Ryan McParland (The Survivalist), Kerr Logan (Game Of Thrones), Fiona O’Shaugnessy (Utopia), Gavin Drea (What Richard Did) and Charles Lawson (Coronation Street).

Writer Barry Devlin commented: “I’m really excited about the casting. I wrote the series around Hattie Morahan because she somehow manages to combine a magical serenity with a capacity to be daft as a brush: and Rose, our heroine, combines those two qualities in spades. Watching Hattie work that magic on screen is a true pleasure. Owen McDonnell, Eileen O’Higgins, Aaron Staton lead a cast who excite me more every time I see them.”

Stephen Wright, Head of Drama for BBC Northern Ireland, added: “I’m delighted that Hattie Morahan will be leading our brilliant cast as Rose Coyne. Barry Devlin’s scripts are formed by his love of life with all its complexities, and a love for the place and people where he grew up. The scripts are in safe hands with the cast and our producer Grainne Marmion. Adrian Shergold will do a brilliant job bringing this unique time and world to life.”

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