Barack and Michelle Obama to produce new Netflix series in West Cork

The series will begin filming in Union Hall next week, with 'Young Offenders' star Chris Walley among the cast 

Michelle and Barack Obama will be involved in a new TV series, Bodkin, filmed in West Cork.

Barack and Michelle Obama are to serve as executive producers on a new Netflix thriller which begins filming in West Cork next week.

Bodkin, the working title of the first scripted TV series from the Obamas' production company Higher Ground, will be partly filmed in the small fishing villages of Union Hall and Glandore. Filming is also taking place in Dublin and Wicklow.