Glasgow author Douglas Stuart is adapting his 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel 'Shuggie Bain' for a BBC television series. The show, to be produced by A24, will air on BBC One as well as on the iPlayer.
Set in the 1980s, Stuart tells an unforgettable story of a mother-son relationship in working class Glasgow. Inspired by the 46-year-old's own childhood in the Thatcher years, the book portrays a powerful story of a working-class family with a very important story to tell.
The heartbreaking tale of pride, sexuality, addiction and love as Shuggie Bain and his mother Agness struggle through life. With dreams of a house with its own front door, Agnes finds increasing solace in drink as she drains away the lion's share of each week's benefits - all the family has to live on.
