Maryland is the brand new drama coming to ITV1 and ITVX in May. The three-part series is created by BAFTA and RTS award-winning Suranne Jones, who also stars in the show, and screenwriter Anne-Marie O'Connor.
The series is about two sisters who have grown apart over the years, but through tragic events learn to love and respect one another all over again. A synopsis reads: "Becca and Rosaline have forged ahead with their lives, growing distant through time and circumstance, until the discovery of their mother’s body on the Isle of Man reunites them.
"Arriving in a place they have never visited and with no idea why their mother was there, the sisters begin to unravel the long-held secrets of a woman they thought they knew, whilst keeping their own secrets from each other. Confined on the island and forced to face the life-changing consequences of their mother’s decisions, can Becca and Rosaline learn to love and respect one another all over again?"
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Suranne plays Becca while Eve Best, known for House of the Dragon and Nurse Jackie, takes on the role of Rosaline, but who else is in the cast, where was the series filmed and how many episodes are there? Here's everything you need to know.
ITV Maryland full cast list
Suranne Jones plays Becca
Eve Best plays Rosaline
Stockard Channing plays Cathy
Hugh Quarshie plays Pete
Andrew Knott plays Jim
Dean Lennox Kelly plays Jacob
George Costigan plays Richard
Rhiannon Clements plays Lauren
Yasmin Davies plays Molly
Judy Clifton plays Mary
Where was Maryland filmed?
Filming took place in Ireland. Speaking about filming, Eve said: "Love it, love it, love it. It was just so beautiful to be able to be there on location rather than in a studio.
"The Irish crew were also central to that. And being by the sea. Some of the others did go for a lot of sea swimming. I didn’t, the lake was quite enough for me. But just the presence of the sea itself at the end of a hard day is very soothing. It was a lovely place to be and a lovely team to work with. I found myself looking in a lot of real estate windows."
Writer Anne-Marie added: "I lived in Ireland for a time. I went to university in Galway for a year, all my family are from Tipperary. My writing career started there; I wrote two novels in Ireland when I was younger.
"Not only did I go to university there, when I was in my mid-20s, I moved back and lived in Dublin, and worked, in a previous life, as a PA in Dublin city centre. So, I’ve got such a kinship with Ireland, and I go there all the time. All the family are there.
"So yes, I love Ireland although I was really disappointed not be able to use the Isle of Man. I would have loved to film there. There’s a real specificity to the island. But I think we’ve done a really good job of selling the Isle of Man with Ireland and the locations that we found.
"I really enjoy being on set. I’ve been on set on other projects I’ve worked on, and I think more and more writers are spending more time on set. I think it should be useful to have the writer on set because there’s a reason sometimes that something is written a certain way, and the actors can ask what you meant by a thing.
"And to just watch Sue (Tully) watch the whole process of it, Suranne and I were both exec producing on it, so it felt really, really important to be there."
How many episodes of Maryland are there?
The series is a three-part drama with the first episode airing on ITV1 and ITVX on Monday, May 22 at 9pm. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
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