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The Full Monty
The Full Monty

The Full Monty (2023)

  • TV comedy drama
  • Disney+
  • 2023
  • 8 episodes (1 series)

A follow-up series to the 1997 film set in Sheffield. Stars Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber, Steve Huison and more.

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Bums away: The Full Monty is back - but without the nudity

No one wants to see the cast naked any more, so this TV follow-up shuns stripping for comic capers and cost-of-living tragedy. Even better, it actually gives plotlines to the female characters.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 10th June 2023

The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare

The new Disney+ series of The Full Monty is heartwarming, funny and an indictment of a welfare system stripped of compassion, care and cash.

Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 7th June 2023

The Full Monty, review

The hit 1997 film's stars have all returned for this spin-off series, which firmly wears its politics on its sleeve - with mixed success.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 6th June 2023

The Full Monty's striking writers picket Sheffield premiere of Disney+ reboot

Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the original Oscar-winning film, held a sign reading: "The Full Monty - about people, for people, by people. No AI." Alice Nutter's message referred to the premiere. "We love this show but we can't go - fair deal for writers," it said.

Ian Youngs, BBC, 6th June 2023

The Full Monty review

As a general overview, I won't delve into spoilers, but I'd definitely say it might not be what you think it is, and this for more than for the better.

Dan Bullock, Critical Popcorn, 6th June 2023

The Full Monty's Robert Carlyle on the role of a lifetime

Robert Carlyle's life has been defined by two remarkable characters: the explosively violent Begbie, and Gaz in The Full Monty. Here, he talks about his Glasgow childhood, Britpop hedonism - and playing the PM...

Rebecca Nicholson, The Observer, 4th June 2023

The Full Monty is back - and it's darker than ever

The 1997 film exposed the impact of Sheffield's steel mills closing. The new TV series shows full-scale societal collapse.

Andrew Billen, The Times, 3rd June 2023

They're back... for a TV sequel 25 years after they bared all in The Full Monty

A quarter of a century has passed since six unemployed Sheffield blokes stripped off to cheers in The Full Monty.

Vicki Power, Daily Mail, 3rd June 2023

Hugo Speer reveals his ordeal after he was sacked from the new series

"I lost my job, my money and reputation... for being seen undressed in my trailer on the set of The Full Monty."

Rebecca Hardy, Daily Mail, 3rd June 2023

The Full Monty creators on the return of their Sheffield strippers

The boys are back 25 years on from the original film, but no one gets naked and the women are more than just wives. Writers Simon Beaufoy and Alice Nutter talk about the new TV spin-off's place in an asset-stripped state.

Simon Beaufoy and Alice Nutter, The Guardian, 19th May 2023

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