SMALL TOWN, BIG STORY
The six-part series Small Town, Big Storyis about the fictional town of Drumbán, a rural village of rattled misfits on the border of Ireland and another world, and what happens when a Hollywood production rolls into town and throws the spotlight on a secret that’s been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium.
Christina Hendricks (Good Girls, Mad Men) and Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon) will star in the warm and witty, very dramatic comedy created and directed by Chris O’Dowd (Moone Boy). The new Sky Original series from Playground and FilmNation Entertainment has started filming on location in Ireland and is coming to Sky and Now next year.
Christina Hendricks stars as Wendy Patterson, a local girl done good as a hot-shot television producer, who returns to her hometown from LA with a Hollywood production in tow. Paddy Considine stars as Drumbán’s local doctor and pillar of the community Seamus Proctor. Eileen Walsh (Catastrophe) stars as Catherine Proctor, Seamus’ wife and local schoolteacher. Leia Murphy (Fair City) and David Rawle (Moone Boy) star as siblings Joanne and Sonny Proctor. Patrick Martins (The Confessions of Frannie Langton) stars as Jules O’Brien, Evanne Kilgallon (Obituary) stars as Shelly McGoldrick, Andrew Bennett (The Quiet Girl) stars as Barry Battles, Ruth McCabe (Aisha) stars as Betty Battles, David Wilmot (Station Eleven, The Alienist) stars as Keith McCurdle.
Small Town, Big Story is a Sky Original series from Playground and FilmNation Entertainment. It was commissioned by Sky Studios for Sky. The comedy drama is a production from Playground Entertainment / FilmNation Entertainment, HotCod Productions in association with Sky Studios. Executive producers are Colin Callender and Scott Huff for Playground Entertainment, Glen Basner, Milan Popelka and Stefanie Berk for FilmNation Entertainment, and Alex Moody for Sky Studios. Christina Hendricks and Chris O’Dowd are executive producers, Liz Gill is series producer. Directors include Chris O’Dowd, Catherine Morshead, as well as Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman. NBCUniversal Global Distribution handle international sales of the series on behalf of Sky Studios.