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The Full Monty

★ 7.1 4K votes 2023–present 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Hulu
Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 9/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Robert CarlyleMark AddyPaul BarberSteve HuisonPaul ClaytonLesley Sharp
Starring
Robert CarlyleMark AddyPaul BarberSteve HuisonPaul ClaytonLesley Sharp
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Old friends aging into a harder Britain"

A follow-up to the beloved 1997 film, this series catches up with the same Sheffield mates and their families years later, now facing austerity, unemployment, and a crumbling social safety net. It trades the movie's cheeky strip-tease uplift for something quieter and sadder, using warmth and dry humor to soften real hardship: food banks, housing crises, aging parents. The pace is gentle and conversational, more slice-of-life ensemble drama than comedy romp. What carries it is the cast's easy chemistry and genuine affection for these characters, even when the material turns unexpectedly bleak.

Watch it for

the returning cast's lived-in warmth and chemistry after decades apart.

Maybe skip if

you wanted the film's playful energy rather than a sober look at austerity.

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All Seasons

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Miniseries2023
7.51K86h 23m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Leveling Up6.8
21950 min
▶2Supply Chain Economics7.5
17151 min
▶3La Vie en Rose7.3
14649 min
▶4Homing7.1
14149 min
▶5Re-Homing7.5
14554 min
▶6Welcome to the Job of Your Dreams7.9
14138 min
▶7No Man Left Behind7.7
13544 min
▶8It's Not the Waking, It's the Rising8.1
15548 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Robert Carlyle Gaz
Mark Addy Dave
Paul Barber Horse
Steve Huison Lomper
Paul Clayton Dennis
Lesley Sharp Jean Horsfall
Miles Jupp Darren
Talitha Wing Destiny Schofield
Natalie Davies Tabani
Tom Wilkinson Gerald

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