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 3, Episode 1
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 19th July 2020
- 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 |
| Shane Casey | Billy Murphy |
| Aidan O'Hare | Paul |
| Antoinette Hilliard | Kind Mum |
| Mike Dowd | Kind Dad |
| Penny Richardson | Star |
| Nola Richardson | Star |
| Peter Foott | Writer |
| Ross Browne | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Jocelyn Clarke | Executive Story Editor |
| Gillian Roger Park | Writer |
| Shaun Wilson | Director |
| Tim Whitby | Producer |
| Peter Foott | Executive Producer |
| Lotte Beasley Mestriner (as Lotte Beasley) | Executive Producer |
| Abby Singer | Executive Producer |
| Justin Healy | Executive Producer |
| Shane Murphy | Executive Producer |
| Martina Niland | Executive Producer |
| Alex Moody | Executive Producer |
| Ailish Bracken | Line Producer |
| Cormac Fox | Associate Producer |
| Michael Doherty | Associate Producer |
| Julian Ulrichs | Editor |
| Owen Power | Production Designer |
| Mike Foott | Casting Director |
| Lara Campbell | Costume Designer |
| Rory O'Riordan | Director of Photography |
| Ray Harman | Composer |
| Jonathan Shaw | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
Bringing a baby to a heist
Jock and Conor explore the practicalities of bringing an infant to an organised robbery.
Featuring: Chris Walley (Jock O'Keeffe), Alex Murphy (Conor MacSweeney) & Shane Casey (Billy Murphy).
Press
TV review: The Young Offenders
The Young Offenders are certainly guilty - of being funny.
Stevie Gallacher, The Sunday Post, 28th July 2020The Young Offenders, which seems to have passed under many radars while the likes of Derry Girls soared and delighted, might finally make it big time. It deserves to. It's cheeky, irreverent, Cork-based, scandalous, sweary and sweaty: also, extremely funny. Slapstick moments, at which my heart does plunge. Yet many more moments of sharp lines at which it soars.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 26th July 2020Review: The Young Offenders, BBC Three
If recent hit Normal People offered one slice of young Irish life, The Young Offenders offers a very different one.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th July 2020The Young Offenders, series 3 review
Much of the comedy comes from a naturalistic slapstick, and although the gags are often relatively unsophisticated, 'dumb but endearing' applies the show as much as does to its lead characters. Charm will out.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2020The Young Offenders review
Jock and Conor balance stealing TVs with nappy-changing, as the Irish comedy that's a million miles away from Normal People returns.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 19th July 2020