An original six-part drama about two men across the decades, written and created by the multi award-winning writer and performer Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer)
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The multi award-winning Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer, Against The Law) and BAFTA award-winning actor Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers, Rocket Man) star as ‘brothers’ Ruben and Niall. After years of estrangement, a surprise reunion between Ruben and Niall takes place, leading to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives over the course of the series. Spanning almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day, Mitchell Robertson (Curfew, Mayflies) and Stuart Campbell (SAS Rogue Heroes, The Winter King) play Niall (Robertson) and Ruben (Campbell) in their younger years.
Half Man explores the highs and lows of Ruben and Niall’s relationship, from meeting them as troubled teenagers to witnessing their falling out as adults – with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way. The series will capture the wild energy of a changing city – a changing world, even – and plumb the depths of what it means to be a man.
Ruben
Richard Gadd
(Baby Reindeer)
Niall
Jamie Bell
(All Of Us Strangers)
Young Niall
Mitchell Robertson
(Mayflies)
Young Ruben
Stuart Campbell
(Rogue Heroes)
Lori
Neve McIntosh
(All Creatures Great And Small)
Maura
Marianna McIvor
(Lady Chatterley’s Lover)
Charlie De Melo
(Coronation Street)
Bilal Hasna
(Extraordinary)
Julie Cullen
(Traces)
Amy Manson
(The Nevers)
Philippine Velge
(Jurassic World: Rebirth)
Stuart McQuarrie
(The Rig)
Piers Ewart
(Premature)
