The Full Monty

Inside abandoned UK working men's club left to rot away after Full Monty filming

Shiregreen Working Mens Club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was abandoned after closing its doors in 2019 - but a petition was launched to fight plans of demolishing the building.

Pub which featured in Full Monty final scene gutted by fire

The club where the cast of The Full Monty bared all for the film's climax has been gutted by fire. It took firefighters an hour to get Friday's blaze at the Shiregreen Club in Sheffield under control.

Campaigners hope TV series will save Full Monty working men's club

As anticipation builds for the release of a new eight-part Full Monty series, hundreds of Sheffield residents are hoping that renewed interest in the stories of the group of steel workers turned strippers will help prevent the demolition of the working men's club where the original film was made.

How we made The Full Monty

"I knew we wouldn't be able to show any genitals. I realised I should shoot from the back, with a row of bums"

'The Full Monty' turns 20 this year

Recently, someone told me that when you start trying to remember any kind of anniversary of a favourite movie, the standard rule is you come up with a number as to how long ago you think it premiered and then add five years to the total and, generally, you will be correct at that point. Such is the case with a favourite of mine, The Full Monty, which turns 20! in August of this year.

The Full Monty's West End run to end early

The West End version of The Full Monty is to close after five weeks, two-and-a-half months earlier than planned.

Many a Britcom has since been hyped as 'the new Full Monty' but none have equalled, let alone surpassed, this hilarious 1997 original.

In it, a group of six broke, unemployed blokes from Sheffield, led by Robert Carlyle's unreliable dad, decide to form an unlikely male striptease act.

While properly LOL as a comedy, Simon Beaufoy's script also has a sincere approach to issues such as depression, obesity, homosexuality and the effects of long-term unemployment.

With a budget of $3.5million, it went to gross $250million, making it the highest-grossing film in Britain - until Titanic.

Stars go the Full Monty on stage in Sheffield

The Full Monty, the 1997 film about Sheffield steelworkers-turned-strippers, was one of the most successful British movies of all time. Now its Oscar-winning writer Simon Beaufoy has transformed it into a play in the city.

The Full Monty to premiere in Sheffield next year

A new stage adaptation of The Full Monty will premiere at Sheffield Theatres in early 2013.