Bannan

The story of Màiri MacDonald's return home to the island from which she escaped eight years earlier.

Bannan film poster showing two women looking at the camera, standing in front of a grey landscape

Year: 2014 - present

Directors: Tony Kearney, Chris Young, Mairead Hamilton, Cristin Mackenzie

Producers: Morag Stewart, Chris Young, Sarah Jane Campbell

Executive Producer: Margaret Mary Murray

Screenwriters: Charlie Martin, Seumas MacMillan, Chrisella Ross, Laura MacLennan, Catriona Lexy Campbell, Calum MacKinnon, Seonag Monk

Principal Cast: Debbie Mackay, Cailean Collier, John Macaskill, Calum MacFhionghain, Donnie MacFhionnlaich, Alistair MacKay, Domhnall Eoin MacKinnon, Ali MacLennan, Iain MacRae, Donna Morrison, Roddy Seathach, Chrissie Smith, Daibhidh Walker, Peggy Wood

Synopsis

Bannan is the first Gaelic drama to be made since the 1990s. Produced by Chris Young (The Inbetweeners) on a small budget, Bannan sees lawyer Mairi MacDonald returning to the island which she deserted eight years ago; having left to escape her family, the customs of the place and the feeling of claustrophia she felt there.