Funboys
- TV sitcom
- BBC iPlayer / BBC Three
- 2023 - 2025
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Comedy about three childish young men trying to navigate through the hardships of life. Stars Ryan Dylan, Rian Lennon, Lee R James, Ele McKenzie, Richard Croxford and more.
- Catch-up on Episode 4
Press clippings
Funboys review
This beautifully bonkers comedy is a worthy successor to This Country.
Vicky Jessop, The Independent (Ireland), 14th February 2025Funboys review
This utterly idiosyncratic sitcom about young men in smalltown Northern Ireland has hints of This Country - but with a pedalo-based masturbation scene that is unspeakably, brilliantly awful.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 14th February 2025Funboys review
Imagine This Country transported to Northern Ireland, and you're halfway there.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 14th February 2025Funboys creators on their new BBC comedy
The four-part series, which was written by Ryan Dylan and Rian Lennon, who also play Callum and Jordan, grew out of a short film that was released in 2023 and a lot of the "surreal" comedy they enjoy watching, such as This Country, Stath Lets Flats and Limmy.
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 13th February 2025Funboys review
This beautifully bonkers comedy is a worthy successor to This Country.
Vicky Jessop, Evening Standard, 12th February 2025Funboys review
Funboys is made by Simon Mayhew-Archer, formerly the producer of This Country. And he hasn't deviated much from his winning format, basing the BBC's new comedy around directionless, immature young people in a forgotten small town, socially awkward except when sharing in-jokes with each other... and all shot in mockumentary style.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th February 2025Jamie Demetriou to guest star in Funboys
New sitcom Funboys is coming to BBC Three in February, with Jamie Demetriou amongst the cast.
British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2025Funboys coming to BBC Three
Funboys, one of the 2023 BBC Comedy Short Films, has been commissioned as a four part series.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2024BBC Comedy Short Films review
From childish men to manipulative crows, the Beeb's new comedy shorts are irreverent, oddball and full of rascals.
Jay Richardson, The List, 9th June 2023BBC announces raft of comedy shorts
The BBC has formally unveiled a line-up of new comedy pilots, being released as individual short films on iPlayer this Friday.
British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023