Say Nothing is an adaptation of the Patrick Radden Keefe best-selling book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan and Maxine Peake are confirmed as the lead cast. The series follows the lives of people growing up in Belfast in the 1970s, 80s and 90s during the Troubles.