New IRA bomb drama a 'love letter to Manchester'
The drama, described as a ‘love letter’ to Manchester, tells the story of two families affected by the IRA blast which rocked the city on June 15, 1996.
The team behind a new drama set around the Manchester bomb say they felt a ‘responsibility’ to make it accurate. The drama, described as a ‘love letter’ to Manchester, tells the story of two families affected by the IRA blast which rocked the city on June 15, 1996. From There to Here stars Philip Glenister who has described Manchester as his ‘adopted hometown’ after his success in police drama Life on Mars. It contains stunningly accurate scenes of the aftermath and devastation of the bomb which exploded next to the Arndale Centre, injuring 212 people.
The crew charged with producing the series, set to be screened on BBC One at the end of the month, revealed they studied photographs and archive footage to help make it as realistic as possible. To film the scenes they spread debris across a real street in Manchester before adding the surroundings of the Arndale using CGI technology, they told a packed preview screening at the National Football Museum.
Director James Strong said: “I was here and was walking down Deansgate the day the bomb went off and we did have a responsibility to get it right. “There are photographs of the city at the time and we worked to hard to make it as accurate as possible.”
The three-part series starts on the day of the bomb during the Euro 96 football tournament, moving forward to New Labour sweeping to power in 1997, and finally to the hangover after the Millennium celebrations of 2000. It tells the tale of two families from different sides of the tracks whose lives collide in the aftermath of the bomb. Writer Peter Bowker, from Hazel Grove, Stockport, said: “It is a love letter to Manchester, but I wanted the story to be universal. What interested me most was how quickly stories began to emerge. Stories of near misses, people who had been late for trains and missed appointments and that kind of thing. But also stories of how the city was going to be rebuilt. I hope after seeing the full three hours people will see is a sense of resilience and human spirit.”
Among the cast are Liz White, who also featured in Life on Mars and homegrown star Daniel Rigby. The Offerton-born actor said: “I have ended up being here quite a lot for different projects which is great. I love being back home.”
The team behind a new drama set around the Manchester bomb say they felt a ‘responsibility’ to make it accurate. The drama, described as a ‘love letter’ to Manchester, tells the story of two families affected by the IRA blast which rocked the city on June 15, 1996. From There to Here stars Philip Glenister who has described Manchester as his ‘adopted hometown’ after his success in police drama Life on Mars. It contains stunningly accurate scenes of the aftermath and devastation of the bomb which exploded next to the Arndale Centre, injuring 212 people.
The crew charged with producing the series, set to be screened on BBC One at the end of the month, revealed they studied photographs and archive footage to help make it as realistic as possible. To film the scenes they spread debris across a real street in Manchester before adding the surroundings of the Arndale using CGI technology, they told a packed preview screening at the National Football Museum.
Director James Strong said: “I was here and was walking down Deansgate the day the bomb went off and we did have a responsibility to get it right. “There are photographs of the city at the time and we worked to hard to make it as accurate as possible.”
The three-part series starts on the day of the bomb during the Euro 96 football tournament, moving forward to New Labour sweeping to power in 1997, and finally to the hangover after the Millennium celebrations of 2000. It tells the tale of two families from different sides of the tracks whose lives collide in the aftermath of the bomb. Writer Peter Bowker, from Hazel Grove, Stockport, said: “It is a love letter to Manchester, but I wanted the story to be universal. What interested me most was how quickly stories began to emerge. Stories of near misses, people who had been late for trains and missed appointments and that kind of thing. But also stories of how the city was going to be rebuilt. I hope after seeing the full three hours people will see is a sense of resilience and human spirit.”
Among the cast are Liz White, who also featured in Life on Mars and homegrown star Daniel Rigby. The Offerton-born actor said: “I have ended up being here quite a lot for different projects which is great. I love being back home.”
Original article can be found here.
Copyright @PhilipGlenisterFans. All Rights Reserved. This is a non-profit website, and all material on this site is meant for entertainment purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended and all content provided or linked to on this site is copyrighted to their respective owners, photographers, and representatives. Watermarks are meant for site promotion only and do not indicate ownership. If you come across something you would like removed, please contact us before taking further action and we will remove it.