BBC has announced that the Shuggie Bain TV series will be adapted from the Booker Prize-winning book.
The book, which was written by Douglas Stuart, is set in Glasgow in the 1980s and follows the tale of a little child and his connection with his alcoholic mother.
A24, a US production company, will produce the program, which will be filmed in Scotland and modified for BBC One and iPlayer.
Stuart expressed his “thrill” that the Bain family would be featured on TV.
“I am incredibly thankful to the BBC and A24 for their support of Shuggie Bain,” he stated.
“I’m happy to bring the Bain family to the screen and the chance to develop my novel and add new threads to the story, exploring trials and struggles as well as the compassion, wit, and resiliency that are so fundamental to the Scottish character,” said the author.
The book is, according to the author’s earlier descriptions, a love story between mother Agnes Bain and her gay son Shuggie.
It describes Agnes’ spiral into hopelessness and her battles with drinking when her marriage ended.
Shuggie stays to help despite having severe personal issues of his own, while the majority of her children leave due to her decline.
Stuart’s formative years in Margaret Thatcher’s Glasgow served as the basis for Shuggie Bain.
Stuart, a 1976 Glasgow native, lost his father when he was four years old, and he passed away when he was eight.
His mother, an alcoholic who Stuart characterized as having “extremely major mental health issues,” raised him and his older sister and brother.
His first book won the 2020 Booker Prize and was translated into 39 different languages before becoming an international bestseller.
Young Mungo, his second book, is a gay love story about two working-class teens set against Glasgow’s housing estates in the 1990s, which featured frequent violence.
“Shuggie Bain is an exceptional novel with all the makings of extraordinary television,” stated Gaynor Holmes, executive producer for the BBC. Working with the incredibly gifted Douglas Stuart to deliver his vision to the BBC is a true honor.
According to the BBC, more information will be released when appropriate.
Also Read: How Does Katie George, An ESPN Sporyscaster, Get Paid?
