A DERRY woman's company has played a key role in the success of major TV shows fi lmed in Northern Ireland.
Siobhan Allan helped set up Extras NI ten years ago.
Since then, the company has provided thousands of extras for show such as Game of Thrones, The Fall and Line of Duty.
Following a major rebranding exercise, Extras NI this week relaunched as The Extras Dept., a name that incorporates all that the company has become to the many fi lm and television productions that are being made in Northern Ireland.
The Extras Dept. has over 17,000 registered extras, aged from 2 to 90, and from all walks of life, on its books.
The Extras Dept. has just celebrated a record-breaking year thanks to its work in 2016 with nine major productions as well as a number of commercials and smaller productions.
The number of days worked by the company’s extras has increased by 55% in just two years.
Last year there were 3,900 individual extras working on productions shooting in Northern Ireland last year, culminating in a total of 20,167 days worked.
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