BBC WOOS BRENDAN; Sitcom set in Dublin pub could earn comic pounds 1 million.COMEDIANS Brendan O'Carroll Brendan O'Carroll son of Maureen O'Carroll (former TD, Ireland) is a comedian, writer, actor and Director from Finglas, Dublin, Ireland. He is short and balding, often wears a suit, and for a long time had a pony tail, until it was removed by Leeds Utd and Ireland footballer and his long-long friend and partner Gerry Browne look set to clinch a pounds 1 million TV deal. The BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. wants the rights to a TV sitcom script O'Carroll wrote two years ago. The working title is Foley's Bar and the action takes place in and around a pub in Cabra, Finglas. O'Carroll, who recently finished filming The Mammy with Anjelica Huston Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and former fashion model. Huston won an Oscar for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor. , will direct while Browne will co-produce. O'Carroll will also star, but details about other cast members have yet to be released. The deal is due to be signed in Dublin next Sunday with BBC executive Candida candida Any of the parasitic imperfect fungi (see fungus) that make up the genus Candida, which resemble yeasts and occur especially in the mouth, vagina, and intestinal tract. Juilian Jones. "Jones has been raving rav·ing adj. 1. Talking or behaving irrationally; wild: a raving maniac. 2. Exciting admiration: a raving beauty. n. about this series since she received a synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. of it," Browne said last night. "She flew to Dublin to see Brendan and myself about three weeks ago and we've been keeping our fingers crossed ever since. "We found out just last night that she wants to come over and meet us to do a deal. "She has told us she wants enough material to fill an eight-part series to start off with." He added: "If it goes ahead - as we expect it to - we will start work immediately. "This is a great break for myself and Brendan." Some of the production money will be spent on building a pub in a Finglas warehouse. Browne would not comment on how much the series is likely to earn himself and O'Carroll. But a leading TV source last night said it could be worth more than pounds 1 million but that most of the money would go on production. He said: "It would be worth a lot more than pounds 1 million but the costs involved in putting on an eight-part TV series for the BBC are incredible." Meanwhile, Browne is also pressing on with plans to officially launch a new promotions agency, Hotshots. The agency is already behind plans for a Live Aid-style event in aid of the victims of the Omagh bombing The Omagh bombing was a paramilitary car bomb attack carried out by the Real IRA (RIRA), a splinter group of former Provisional Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Belfast Agreement, on August 15, 1998, in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. . Simple Minds star Jim Kerr, who lives in Dalkey, has given his backing to the event which is expected to feature other music stars including Boyzone and B*Witched. |
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