The BBC has released the first trailer for Half Man, the six-episode drama from Richard Gadd.
Half Man is produced by Mam Tor Productions (a Banijay UK company) in association with Thistledown Pictures, for BBC iPlayer, BBC One, BBC Scotland and HBO. Filming wrapped last year in and around Glasgow.
Half Man is created, written and executive produced by Richard Gadd.
The series is directed by Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck. Sophie Gardiner and Anna O’Malley are the executive producers, alongside Gaynor Holmes for the BBC and Gavin Smith for BBC Scotland. Executive Producers for Mam Tor Productions are Tally Garner and Morven Reid.
The series is a co-production with HBO, which will air the series in the US, Latin America and Europe.
Banijay Rights handles international distribution outside of BBC and HBO rights. Half Man is supported by Screen Scotland.
Episodes will be released weekly from April 24th at 6am on BBC iPlayer, with BBC One and BBC Scotland transmissions following within the week.
Half Man stars Gadd and Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers, Rocketman) as Ruben and Niall respectively.
“Niall and Ruben are brothers. Not related in blood but the closest you can get. One, fierce and loyal. The other, meek and mild-mannered. Inseparable youth. Brought into each other’s lives through death and circumstance, all they have is each other…
But when Ruben turns up at Niall’s wedding three decades later, everything seems different. He is on edge. Shifty. Not acting like himself. And soon, an explosion of violence takes place which catapults us back through their lives, from the eighties to the present day. Capturing 30 years in the lives of these broken men, Half Man explores brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships. After all, when things fall apart… it is sometimes the closest relationships which break the hardest.
The trailer also features Mitchell Robertson (Curfew, Mayflies) and Stuart Campbell (SAS Rogue Heroes, The Winter King), who play Niall (Robertson) and Ruben (Campbell) in their younger years. Neve McIntosh (Tin Star, Chemistry of Death) is seen in her role Niall’s mother Lori alongside Marianne McIvor (Screw, The Nest) who plays Ruben’s mother Maura.
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