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June 18, 2017. (2017-06-18) My Mother and Other Strangers is a 2016 British television drama series, written by Barry Devlin, made by BBC Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen. [1] The story is set in a small village in Northern Ireland in 1943, during World War II. Commissioning of the first series of five 60-minute ...
Nov 2, 2016 · Set in Northern Ireland during World War Two, My Mother and Other Strangers follows the fortunes of the Coyne family and their neighbours as they struggle to maintain a normal life after a huge ...
Nov 8, 2016 · A new BBC One drama set in Northern Ireland, My Mother and Other Strangers, starts on Sunday 13 November. Writer Barry Devlin blogs about his background and how he came to create the drama.
- Who’s Who
- The Lay of The Land in World War II
- Filming Locations
- Pocket Guide to Northern Ireland
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Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility) stars as Englishwoman Rose Coyne, mother to Emma, Kate and Francis. Owen McDonnell (An Klondike) is her loving husband Michael, a Northern Irishman who realizes he never lived up to her dreams after first winning her heart in England. Into their lives steps Aaron Staton (Mad Men) as Captain Ronald Dreyfuss, th...
The Republic of Ireland became defacto independent from the United Kingdom in 1921 and was neutral during World War II. In 1939, Northern Ireland – a country of the United Kingdom – declared its support for Great Britain in World War II. Among Northern Ireland’s contributions to the war was serving as one of the main bases to prepare for the Norman...
My Mother and Other Strangers is a production of BBC Northern Ireland and filming locations were both true to historic settings and a bit farther afield. The former USAAF Langford Lodge on the shores of Lough Neagh is still part of the aircraft industry as Langford Lodge, which manufactures ejector seats for various air forces around the world. Wil...
Americans in 1942 were largely familiar with Irish-American culture, though even those with Irish heritage weren’t necessarily up to speed on Irish etiquette or the stark differences between the two Irelands. The US government-issued Pocket Guide to Northern Irelandis a fun read as a travel guide and book of manners intended for military men. One o...
The five-part My Mother and Other Strangersmarathon broadcast is December 31, starting at 11:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN.
Nov 2, 2016 · Set in Northern Ireland during World War Two, My Mother and Other Strangers follows the fortunes of the Coyne family and their neighbours as they struggle to maintain a normal life after a huge ...
May 23, 2019 · by Barry Devlin, Grainne Marmion, and Adrian Shergold. With her English accent and her London ways, Rose Coyne is the only 'stranger' in her rural Northern Ireland town, until 4,000 Americans arrive at the nearby WWII airbase. As Rose finds herself acting as peacekeeper between the disgruntled locals and the soldiers, she is also drawn to the ...
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Nov 14, 2016 · This new wartime drama launched on Remembrance Sunday is a curio. The setting of My Mother and Other Strangers is rural Northern Ireland in 1943, where it’s green and wet and a long way from the conflict. Into the midst of the fictional Moybeg on the shore of a lough a squadron of bombers from the USAF has been introduced. Their planes careen across the cloudy skies of a farming community ...
