Maryland

Maryland

***Maryland press pack: Strictly embargoed until 15t May 2023 at 00:01am***

Maryland is a three-part relationship drama created by BAFTA and RTS award winning actress, Suranne Jones, and screenwriter Anne-Marie O’Connor, about two sisters who have grown apart over the years, but through tragic events learn to love and respect one another all over again. 

Acclaimed actor Eve Best (House of the Dragon, Nurse Jackie) and Oscar nominated Stockard Channing (The Good Wife, The West Wing) are among the stellar cast joining Suranne Jones (Gentleman Jack, Save Me, Vigil).  Leading production company, Monumental Television (Harlots, Ghosts, Murder in Provence), an ITV Studios label, produced the drama in association with Jones’ company TeamAkers Productions and ITV Studios.

Becca (Jones) and Rosaline (Best) have forged ahead with their lives, growing distant through time and circumstance, until the discovery of their mother’s body on the Isle of Man reunites them. Arriving in a place they have never visited and with no idea why their mother was there, the sisters begin to unravel the long-held secrets of a woman they thought they knew, whilst keeping their own secrets from each other. Confined on the island and forced to face the life-changing consequences of their mother’s decisions, can Becca and Rosaline learn to love and respect one another all over again? 

Maryland also stars George Costigan (Gentleman Jack, Happy Valley) as their father Richard, Hugh Quarshie (Stephen, Riches), Dean Lennox Kelly (Tom Jones, Jamestown) and Andrew Knott (Ackley Bridge, Tin Star). Channing plays Cathy, their mum’s larger-than-life friend on the island. 

Sue Tully (Strike, Line of Duty, Too Close) directs, and the producer is Emma Burge (Wolfe, The Village, Shameless). Suranne Jones also executive produces the drama. Maryland is screenwriter Anne-Marie O’Connor’s first UK drama commission, and she also executive produces the project. Anne-Marie, creator of the comedy series Trollied is also the writer and executive producer of C4 comedy Hullraisers.

How much do we really know about the people we call our own? A moving, funny and, at times, difficult exploration of family dynamics, Maryland is an intricately observed relationship drama with a love story between two sisters at its heart.

Monumental executive producer Alison Owen said:

“When Suranne and Anne-Marie approached us with the idea of a story about two sisters rebuilding their relationship as they uncover their mother’s secret life, we barely drew breath before saying that we’d love to develop it with them. As huge fans of both, it felt to us like a match made in heaven.  The chance to really dig down into the relationship between sisters is not often seen on screen, and we felt so lucky that Anne-Marie’s terrific writing attracted Eve Best to join us, along with the brilliant Sue Tully as director, to head our formidable team of women. We hope that audiences will be as captivated by Becca and Rosaline's story as we were from the very beginning.”

The drama is executive produced by Alison Owen (Saving Mr Banks, Suffragette), Debra Hayward (Bridget Jones’s Baby, How to Build a Girl), Alison Carpenter (Ghosts, Harlots), Katie Kelly (Maryland) and Pat Tookey-Dickson (1899, Ghosts) on behalf of Monumental Television.