HOPELY HALL: FURTHER CASTING ANNOUNCED TO JOIN JAMIE-LEE O'DONNELL IN NEW BBC COMEDY

James Nesbitt (Cold Feet, Run Away) will join Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (Derry Girls, Leonard And Hungry Paul) in Hopley Hall, a brand-new six-part comedy created and written by Daniel Peak (Not Going Out, Code 404) for BBC iPlayer, BBC One and BBC Northern Ireland.

Also joining the cast is James Martin (How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, Funboys), Leela Harris (Youth, The Crow Girl S2), Georgie Glen (Call The Midwife, Elsinore), Tommy Belshaw (Close To Home, My Fault: London) and Jeany Spark (Man Down, Wallander).

At Hopley Hall, the heating rarely works, the history is questionable and the gift shop sells mostly tea towels. The Grade A listed masterpiece, located in a fictional town on the Coast of County Antrim, is held together by damp, optimism, and a deep-seated resentment for the tourist attraction down the road.

We follow the team of eccentric, dysfunctional volunteers and staff including a freshly-appointed community engagement officer who struggles dealing with actual human beings, an over-enthusiastic guide with no sense of irony and a disgruntled gardener.

Hopley Hall is a workplace comedy about people who have absolutely nothing in common, except the desperate, daily struggle to keep the roof on and the public out of the private toilets.

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell says: “Delighted to be at the forefront of Daniel Peak’s new BBC comedy series and looking forward to bringing this fun and exciting project to life. I’ll see you soon at Hopley Hall."

Daniel Peak, creator and writer says: “I’m very excited and grateful for this opportunity to write a big, warm hearted ensemble sitcom for the BBC, and to be doing it with an extremely talented writing teamin Northern Ireland and for the UK’s best and funniest actors. I’m looking forward to opening the gates of Hopley Hall for public viewing.”

James Nesbitt says: "To be going back to the coast of Antrim, where my mother grew up and where I spent much of my childhood is an absolute treat. Hopley Hall is an innovative and funny series that will show off the beauty of Northern Ireland. The scripts have a uniquely Northern Irish sense of humour running through them and I’m looking forward to working alongside some truly great local talent."

Filming is taking place in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.