Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions today announce their Significant Other.
The comedy drama explores the unromantic-romance of two people whose drastic, but fateful, first meeting turns their lives around. The series starts filming in Manchester next month and will air on ITVX in 2023.
Adapted from yes Studios’ award-winning Israeli series of the same name, Significant Other was created by Dana Modan, Assi Cohen and Ram Nehari, and it has been adapted and written by Dana Fainaru and Hamish Wright who also serve as executive producers alongside Nicola Shindler.
David Sant is directing and Debbie Pisani is series producing the six part comedic-drama, which marks the second production for Shindler’s Quay Street Productions following the production of ITV’s Nolly drama, about the life of pioneering television star Noele Gordon. The Russell T Davies drama stars Helena Bonham Carter as the ‘queen of ITV soaps’.
Significant Other is a beautifully unconventional love story told through a comedic lens, that explores the depths of love, disappointment, and the surprises that life still has to offer.
BAFTA-winning actress Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, Hitmen, Defending the Guilty) and BAFTA-nominated actor Youssef Kerkour (Stay Close, House of Gucci, Home), play Anna and Sam, two lonely neighbours in their mid-40’s, who embark on a hesitant, obstacle-filled relationship after drastic life events bring them together. These are not your conventional soulmates; Anna, who has given up on love, is defensive and closed off, and Sam, a newly separated father-of-two, is reactive and emotionally vulnerable. But as this strange love story unfolds with wryly observed wit and warmth, could these deeply flawed individuals – both at a time in their lives when change is difficult and rarely expected – influence each other for the better?
Nicola Shindler:
“From the moment Dana and Hamish started talking to me about the idea of Significant Other I loved the idea of a romance built from such dark foundations, both very funny and very real. I’m incredibly happy to have such a brilliant cast in Katherine and Youssef as our pairing to bring these very flawed, very lovable characters to life, along with our skilful director David Sant to create our world, and our partners in ITVX.”
Formed in January 2021, Quay Street Productions marks a new chapter in the career of BAFTA-award winning producer Nicola Shindler, whose credits includeYears and Years, Finding Alice, Happy Valley, Harlan Coben’s The Stranger, and the recent hit dramas, It’s A Sin, Ridley Road, No Return andHarlan Coben’s Stay Close.
Sitting within ITV Studios, the label focuses on producing premium drama for the UK and international market, working with the best, new and critically acclaimed writers in the industry to create modern, innovative, and entertaining programming.
Quay Street Productions continues to build on Shindler’s already impressive body of work as one of the UK’s leading and most decorated drama executive producers, with its slate focussing on both limited and returning series, putting writers’ voices at the centre to tell boundary-pushing, entertaining and thought-provoking stories.
