When writer Chris Brandon first came up with the idea for Bloodlands five years ago, he never for a moment thought that the end product would be a prime-time series on BBC One.
"I think, in my head I was like, I'm gonna make this for a fiver with my best friend," laughs the 39-year-old, who grew up in Strangford.
"I'd been working as an actor in London for about 10 years and then I started writing and I've been doing that full-time now for five years."
Bloodlands is Chris's first original drama series commission and the first drama from newly-formed production company HTM Television.