About a millennial returning to smalltown Ireland

Irish comic Alison Spittle has started shooting her sitcom Nowhere Fast in Dublin.

The series revolves around her twenty something character, Angela, returning to small town Ireland ‘to lick her wounds’ after her attempts to forge a media career in the capital ended in disaster.  

It will air on RTE2 in Ireland later this year, and the cast also features Clare Monnelly and Genevieve Hulme Beaman as Angela’s best friends Mary and Brid, plus  Cathy Belton and Mark Doherty as her family.

Spittle said: ‘Making a TV show is a lot like laser hair removal, It's a thing I'd never seen myself doing, it's a thing for people more glamorous and organised than myself, to be honest I've no idea how it's done.  

‘Now it's happening, I wake up some mornings and maybe ten minutes go by before I remember,  "Hey, you're making a TV show". I'm proud to be involved and excited to make a show about the Midlands in all its glory.’

Spittle, who is from Westmeath, wrote the show with Simon Mulholland, with additional material by Cian McGarrigle.

Producer Ailish McElmeel said: ‘I’m delighted to bring another strong female comedy to Irish audiences. Alison’s voice is truly fresh and fantastically funny.’

Director Simon Gibney called Nowhere Fast ‘a heartfelt series that touches tragedy and comedy in equal measures,’ adding: ‘Such a stellar cast and a top drawer crew, coupled with Alison’s honest voice and intimate writing, has made this an extraordinary project to bring from script to screen.’

Published: 8 Mar 2017