{"id":352980,"date":"2026-03-18T18:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352980\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T18:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:15:13","slug":"james-mcavoy-drama-meantime-adds-christopher-eccleston-benedict-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/352980\/","title":{"rendered":"James McAvoy Drama &#8216;Meantime&#8217; Adds Christopher Eccleston, Benedict Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/james-mcavoy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-mcavoy\" data-tag=\"james-mcavoy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James McAvoy<\/a> is set to be joined by former Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston and Marvel alum <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/benedict-wong\/\" id=\"auto-tag_benedict-wong\" data-tag=\"benedict-wong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benedict Wong<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/sky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sky\" data-tag=\"sky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky<\/a> drama \u201cMeantime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBased on a novel by Frankie Boyle, the six-part crime thriller follows Felix McAveety (McAvoy), an addict who is suspected of murdering his best friend in a Glasgow park. As Felix sets out to clear his name, hindered by intoxication and paranoia, he enlists a detective turned crime novelist (played by Josette Simon) and a chaotic friend (Jamie Michie).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEccleston and Wong\u2019s roles have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMark Bonnar, Shauna MacDonald, Shirley Henderson also star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJon S. Baird directs while the series is produced by Happy Tramp North and Expectation (Alma\u2019s Not Normal, Malice) in association with Sky Studios. Boyle and Neil Webster have adapted the novel<br \/>Executive producers are Frankie Boyle and Neil Webster for Happy Tramp North, Nerys Evans for Expectation, Alex Moody for Sky, James McAvoy, Jon S Baird and Eric Coulter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James McAvoy is set to be joined by former Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston and Marvel alum Benedict Wong&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[111205,93,61,60,4965,15640,282],"class_list":["post-352980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-benedict-wong","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-james-mcavoy","tag-sky","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}