Conversations With Friends starts filming in Belfast

The screen adaptation of author Sally Rooney's predecessor to Normal People  will be shown on both RTÉ and BBC 

Conversations with Friends: filming began yesterday in Belfast

After its announcement earlier in the year was greeted with no small amount of hype, the screen adaptation of Sally Rooney's first novel, Conversations with Friends, began filming yesterday in Belfast.

Following on from the success of the Normal People adaptation across television and streaming amid the first wave of the Covid crisis and increased media consumption, the show's debut has been hotly anticipated, seeing a mix of new and established talent taking centre-stage, including Corkwoman Alison Oliver, in her first major televised role as protagonist Frances.