Amy Huberman: Finding Joy with a baby on the way, a new puppy, and filming her TV series

Amy Huberman

In a period terraced house in south County Dublin in December, filming of the second series of Finding Joy is underway. Joy’s bedroom has been built and lovingly detailed while Aidan — the pet pooch who has become a star — is ready for his close-up nearby.

It feels like another world. Face masks are unnecessary, members of the crew are huddled closely together around a monitor, and the word Covid-19 doesn’t even exist. Within weeks, we now know, a new disease would emerge in Wuhan and begin to wreak havoc across the globe. The series was completed in the nick of time, though some post-production work was carried out remotely.