Good Arrows is a new one-off drama written and directed by Irvine Welsh for ITV4.
The legendary Scottish author and screenwriter has teamed up with Dean Cavanagh to pen a brutal satire on the cult of minor celebrity, set in the world of professional darts.
Andy “The Arrows” Samson (Jonathan Owen) was once the toast of the darts world, the boy from South Wales who’d played everywhere from working men’s clubs to Las Vegas. But recently he’s lost his touch. Will his form ever recover?
By his side is his domineering wife and manager, Big Sheila (Katy Brand), who keeps her hands firmly on the purse strings, but who has a few skeletons in her closet. As Andy’s world collapses, every desperate moment is captured by documentary filmmaker Sebastian (Joe McKinney), who gets dragged far deeper into Andy’s life than he’d planned.
In the sidelines is Andy’s bitter former best friend and mentor Alwyn (Brian Hibbard), now reduced to helping a local junkie off heroin by offering a disturbing alternative…
Good Arrows is a 90 minute one-off drama coming exclusively to ITV4 on 31st January at 11pm.
