Anansi Boys

Amazon TV and BBC adaptation by Neil Gaiman and Sir Lenny Henry of Gaiman's novel of the same name, Anansi Boys follows Charlie Nancy, a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father. But when his father dies, Charlie discovers that his father was Anansi: trickster god of stories. And he learns that he has a brother. Now his brother, Spider, is entering Charlie’s life, determined to make it more interesting but making it a lot more dangerous.

Amazon/BBC chose to base the production in Edinburgh over 10 months, making use of FirstStage Studios in Leith which offered the comfort of multiple controllable sound stages into which complex sets for various stages of the production could be built. Film studios are useful at the any time, giving a production that extra level of control, but during the Covid pandemic, this gave the production the extra security of being able to change the schedule at short notice.

While many sets were filmed in the studio, the production took every opportunity make use of the fantastic array of locations throughout the city. Location spotters are going to enjoy themselves.