The Trollied Christmas Special, made at The Bottle Yard Studios this summer, joins the line-up of TV festive favourites filmed in Bristol in 2015
Produced by Roughcut TV the special of Sky1’s popular supermarket comedy Trollied, airs on Sky1 on 23rd December at 9pm joining a number of productions in the Christmas schedule that have been filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios and in Bristol this year, including the Sherlock and Dr Who Specials.
Trollied’s Christmas Special sees the return of long term cast member Jason Watkins to The Bottle Yard Studios, who recently won the Best Leading Actor Bafta® for his outstanding performance in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, also made at the Studios. Other cast includes Stephen Tompkinson (Wild at Heart), Sarah Parish (W1A), Jack Carroll (Britain’s Got Talent), Chanel Cresswell (This is England ‘86) and Jane Horrocks as well as cast regulars Rita May, Carl Rice, Beverly Rudd, Lorraine Cheshire, Faye Mckeever, Victor McGuire and Dominic Coleman.
Fiona Francombe, The Bottle Yard Studios’ Site Director said: ‘We were delighted to, once again, have the Trollied team on site and wrap up 2015 with another of our studio credits appearing in the line-up of TV Christmas favourites. It’s a great finale for the year and we are looking forward to an exciting year ahead.
Trollied is created by Anne Marie O’Connor, Ash Atalla and Paul Doolan.
It is written by Abigail Wilson and Paul Doolan. It is produced by Nick Goding and directed by Jonathan Gershfield. The Executive Producers for Roughcut TV are Ash Atalla and Alexander Smith.