Holding (TV series)

Holding is a four-part television series based on the debut novel of the same name by Graham Norton. It premiered on ITV on 14 March 2022 and on Virgin Media More in Ireland on 12 April 2022.

Premise
Easy-going Garda Sergeant Patrick Joseph ("PJ") Collins' peaceful life in a quiet Cork village is disrupted by discovery of an adult male skeleton at a building site.

Main

 * Conleth Hill as PJ Collins
 * Siobhán McSweeney as Bríd Riordan
 * Charlene McKenna as Evelyn Ross
 * Helen Behan as Abigail Ross
 * Amy Conroy as Florence Ross
 * Pauline McLynn as Eileen O'Driscoll
 * Olwen Fouéré as Kitty Harrington
 * Clinton Liberty as Linus Dunne
 * Gary Shelford as Anthony Riordan
 * Eleanor Tiernan as Susan Hickey
 * Sky Yang as Stephen Chen
 * Brenda Fricker as Lizzie Meaney

Development
It was announced in May 2021 that ITV had commissioned a four-part adaptation of Graham Norton's novel. Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Karen Cogan would write the script for ITV's label Happy Prince with Kathy Burke directing and Martina Niland for Port Pictures.

Casting
Alongside the commission in May, Conleth Hill was cast as the lead character PJ Collins. It was later announced in July 2021 that Siobhán McSweeney, Charlene McKenna, Helen Behan, Pauline McLynn, and Brenda Fricker would star alongside Hill with the likes of Clinton Liberty, Amy Conroy, Olwen Fouéré, Eleanor Tiernan, Gary Shelford, Lochlann Ó Mearáin, Sky Yang, and Demi Isaac Oviawe also having joined the cast.

Filming
Principal photography took place on location in West Cork with support from Screen Ireland, beginning in July 2021 and wrapping in October. Filming locations included Drimoleague and Castletownshend.