Damien Molony
- Actor
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Brassic returning for a record-equalling 7th series on Sky Max
Sky has recommissioned Brassic for a seventh series, equalling the record for the broadcaster's longest running narrative comedy, and before the sixth series has even aired.
British Comedy Guide, 17th June 2024Daddy Issues cast confirmed
The cast joining Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey in new BBC Three comedy series Daddy Issues include Sarah Hadland, Sherrie Hewson and Humphrey Ker.
British Comedy Guide, 26th February 2024Sky recommissions Brassic and Rob & Romesh Vs for 6th series
Sky has commissioned Brassic for a sixth series, making it one of the broadcaster's longest-running scripted comedies. It has also ordered a sixth run of Rob & Romesh Vs, with an upcoming episode featuring the pair visiting South Korea to experience K-Pop.
British Comedy Guide, 6th April 2023Sky orders Brassic Series 5
Sky has commissioned a fifth series of its hit comedy drama Brassic, with Series 4 set to debut in just under a fortnight.
British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2022Sky backs comedies
Sky has reiterated its commitment to comedy, as work resumes on several of its shows. A fourth series of Brassic is being written, Breeders looks set to return for a third series, and drafting is underway on a third series of Intelligence. Further episodes of The Reluctant Landlord were also in development before the coronavirus pandemic struck.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2021Filming halted on Brassic Series 3
Sky has confirmed that the cast and crew are currently in self-isolation.
Radio Times, 23rd September 2020Brassic is a new comedy from Shameless writer Danny Brocklehurst and actor Joe Gilgun (Woody in This Is England). Vinnie (Gilgun), sharp, witty, bipolar, is first seen wanting to jump off a bridge in the fictional northern town of Hawley, then launching into a Trainspotting-esque spiel ("Fuck the middle class, fuck the Guardian", etc). Vinnie thinks that life is "about having your mates, having a laugh, just finding a way to survive". Duly, this week's opening two episodes involved him, his best mate, Dylan (Damien Molony), and their gang becoming embroiled in hectic, caper-strewn plots encompassing everything from the kidnapping of Shetland ponies via dealing with underground fatbergs to hostile crime bosses.
Deeper themes lurk in Brassic, not least Vinnie's condition (Gilgun has bipolar disorder in real life), and Dylan's partner, young mum, Erin (Michelle Keegan), refusing to go along with the culture of extended adolescence, at one point acidly remarking to Vinnie that there appeared to be "three of them" in her and Dylan's relationship. "If it is, I'm the one getting the least sex", quipped Vinnie. On this showing, Brassic is funny, scratchy, surprising (Dominic West shows up as a useless, self-absorbed doctor), and promises to get darker.
Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 25th August 2019TV review: Brassic, series 1 episode 1
The ongoing plot looks intriguing as well with Gilgun's narration informing us at the end of the episode that this was the moment that everything changed for him, and I certainly plan to stick around and find out just how that happens.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 24th August 2019Brassic review
This caper about a gang of friends creating their own entertainment on this and that side of the law brings to mind the best of Shameless.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 22nd August 2019Review: GameFace, C4
Main female character with a chaotic life, dishy enigmatic male, boozy friends, embarrassing sexual scenarios, therapy sessions...it's impossible to write about Roisin Conaty's GameFace without at least noting some of the similarities with Fleabag.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th July 2019