Aisling Bea has dedicated the final episode of This Way Up to her late father Brian to give hope to those suffering from mental health issues as well as those grieving the loss of someone.
Her father died by suicide when she was three years old and Aisling has been open in the past about how learning how her father died had coloured her view of him.
It was a shared trait for humour that finally helped her to process her feelings of grief. The finale of season two sees her character Aine dealt a severe blow when she learns that Tom has died tragically.
Opening up about how the episode resonated with her own experience with grief she took to Instagram to say: ‘Out of all of the episodes, I wrote this one for and it is dedicated to my dad
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