{"id":15380,"date":"2021-08-11T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-dry\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T11:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:51:53","slug":"britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"BritBox UK Orders Original The Dry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BritBox UK has commissioned the original comedy-drama series <em>The Dry<\/em>, written by Nancy Harris (<em>The Good Karma Hospital<\/em>, <em>Dates<\/em>) and directed by Paddy Breathnach (<em>Viva<\/em>, <em>Rosie<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Set in Dublin, the eight-part series centers on Shiv, who returns to her hometown after years of partying in London, sober and full of good intentions\u2014but finds it challenging to stay that way back among her family. <em>The Dry<\/em> will debut on BritBox UK in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Dry<\/em> stars Roisin Gallagher (<em>The Fall<\/em>, <em>Nowhere Special<\/em>), Ciar\u00e1n Hinds (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>The Terror<\/em>), Pom Boyd (<em>Vanity Fair<\/em>,<em> Frank of Ireland<\/em>), Siobh\u00e1n Cullen (<em>Origin<\/em>, <em>The Limehouse Golem<\/em>), Moe Dunford (<em>The Dig<\/em>, <em>Vikings<\/em>) and newcomer Adam Richardson. It is produced by Element Pictures, in association with F\u00eds \u00c9ireann\/Screen Ireland and ITV Studios, in partnership with RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Norton and Michael Dawson are executive producing for Element alongside company founders Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe. Harris is also executive producing.<\/p>\n<p>Will Harrison, managing director for BritBox UK, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be working with Element Pictures, Nancy, Paddy and the team to bring the Sheridans\u2019 story to life, and are looking forward to sharing <em>The Dry<\/em> with our subscribers next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Element Pictures\u2019 producers added: \u201cIn <em>The Dry<\/em>, Nancy Harris has created an irreverent, hilarious and deeply moving story of addiction, recovery and fractured family relationships. We are thrilled to be working with Nancy, the inimitable Paddy Breathnach and our massively talented Irish cast and crew to bring the chaotic world of the Sheridan family to the BritBox audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Byrne, project manager for television at F\u00eds \u00c9ireann\/Screen Ireland, said: \u201cWe are delighted to support this emotional and powerful Irish TV drama from Element Pictures and the talented team behind <em>The Dry<\/em>. This is a great example of the caliber and scale of Irish story-telling and scripted series, which are translating to audiences across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam Atwell, development executive at RT\u00c9, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re very excited and proud to be collaborating with such a talented team in Element Pictures, Nancy Harris and Paddy Breathnach, and the wonderful cast of <em>The Dry<\/em> to bring this heartfelt, mischievously funny and emotionally impacting Irish story to the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris added: \u201cI\u2019m over the moon to be working with Element Pictures, Paddy Breathnach and this spectacular cast of insanely talented Irish actors. It\u2019s a dream collaboration, and I can\u2019t wait to bring the BritBox audience this family comedy-drama, which pivots on the oxymoron of giving up drink in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breathnach commented: \u201cI\u2019m really delighted to be working with Element Pictures again and be part of bringing Nancy Harris\u2019s extraordinary scripts to the screen. We have a truly brilliant cast of Irish actors on board and I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BritBox UK has commissioned the original comedy-drama series The Dry, written by Nancy Harris (The Good Karma Hospital, Dates) and directed by Paddy Breathnach (Viva, Rosie).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":15381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3979,4607],"class_list":["post-15380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-britbox-uk","tag-the-dry","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BritBox UK Orders Original The Dry - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BritBox UK Orders Original The Dry - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BritBox UK has commissioned the original comedy-drama series The Dry, written by Nancy Harris (The Good Karma Hospital, Dates) and directed by Paddy Breathnach (Viva, Rosie).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T14:10:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T15:51:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/britbox-logo-0321.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/\",\"name\":\"BritBox UK Orders Original The Dry - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T14:10:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-11T15:51:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/britbox-uk-orders-original-the-dry\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BritBox UK Orders Original The Dry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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