The Young Offenders
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three / BBC One
- 2018 - 2024
- 26 episodes (4 series)
Comedy series about two inner-city teenagers, based on the 2016 Irish film of the same name. Stars Chris Walley, Alex Murphy, Hilary Rose, Jennifer Barry, Demi Isaac Oviawe and more.
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Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5
Further details
Conor and Jock have been instructed to take up unpaid part-time work experience at Mairead's side on the fish stall in the English Market, bringing them up close and personal with life in the real world. With Jock's extra mouth to feed in the McSweeney household, money is getting more and more tight, leaving the trio to come up with inventive and unsatisfying ways of making food last longer.
Determined to help out Mairead financially, the lads start to think about ways they can come up with some extra cash. The freak local catch of a very expensive fish gives the two lads an idea, leading them on a dubious adventure involving breaking and entering, a hilarious struggle and a memorable trip through Cork with their ill-gotten gains.
Meanwhile, Mairead and Sergeant Healy are in two minds about taking their friendship to the next level while Maired tries to give Healy some driving lessons.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 1st March 2018
- Time
- 10am
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Chris Walley | Jock O'Keeffe |
Alex Murphy | Conor MacSweeney |
Hilary Rose | Mairead MacSweeney |
Jennifer Barry | Siobhan Walsh |
Demi Isaac Oviawe | Linda Walsh |
PJ Gallagher | Principal Barry Walsh |
Orla Fitzgerald | Orla Walsh |
Dominic MacHale | Sergeant Tony Healy |
Pat O'Connell | Pat (Mairead's Boss) |
Paul O'Connell | Fishmonger |
Emma O'Connell | Fishmonger |
Sean O'Connell | Fishmonger |
Colin Murphy | Customer at Fish Counter |
Martin Walley | Customer at Fish Counter |
Conor Dwane | News Reporter |
Katie Walsh | Teen Chasing Fish |
Kellie O'Gorman | Teen Chasing Fish |
John Corcoran | Teen Chasing Fish |
Dylan Corcoran | Teen Chasing Fish |
Martin McDonagh | Teen Chasing Fish |
Con O'Connor | Customer at Fish Counter |
Peter Foott | Writer |
Derek Dillon | Writer (Additional Material) |
Ross Browne | Writer (Additional Material) |
Jocelyn Clarke | Script Editor |
Peter Foott | Director |
Martina Niland | Producer |
Peter Foott | Executive Producer |
Cormac Fox | Executive Producer |
Lotte Beasley Mestriner (as Lotte Beasley) | Executive Producer |
Abby Singer | Executive Producer |
Eddie Doyle | Executive Producer |
Justin Healy | Executive Producer |
Hugh Chaloner | Editor |
Anna Maria O'Flanagan | Editor |
Owen Power | Production Designer |
Mike Foott | Casting Director |
Derek Foott | Casting Director |
Patrick Jordan | Director of Photography |
Lara Campbell | Costume Designer |
Ray Harman | Composer |
Jonathan Shaw | 1st Assistant Director |
Alex Moody | Commissioning Editor |
Video
Working is for dickheads
Conor and Jock have been instructed to take up unpaid part-time work experience.
Featuring: Chris Walley (Jock O'Keeffe), Alex Murphy (Conor MacSweeney), Hilary Rose (Mairead MacSweeney) & Pat O'Connell (Pat).