Brassic: What the Must Watch reviewers think
Must Watch reviewers Scott Bryan and Hayley Campbell share their thoughts on Brassic - Sky's new comedy starring Joe Gilgun, Michelle Keegan and Damien Molony.
It's on Sky1 and Now TV from 22 August 2019.
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Scott says: "It starts well and does some things that are good"
"It’s clever in the way that it’s done. Joe Gilgun who is bi-polar, plays a character who is also bi-polar and he talks about those mental health strands through his character which he says is based on his own history.
"I find that really fascinating, I think I’ve learnt a lot from that.
"The only problem I have with it, is that it feels sometimes like the comedy is trying too hard to be funny.
"It’s a show that I feel starts well, means well, does some things that are good, but doesn’t relax like other shows.
"I think it sometimes feels like it’s lacking in a bit of confidence. Not many laugh out loud moments for me."
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Hayley says: "It made me feel like a nagging mother!"
"It’s got that sort of fast talking, like with Lock Stock [and Two Smoking Barrels] and all those 90s British gangster films, but with far less at stake in terms of the crimes - they’re stealing Shetland ponies and eating chips.
"It’s just lots of cheeky Northern lads being cheeky and it made me feel like such a mum.
"The only woman in it, and I’m never one to go, 'there are no women in this', but the only woman is a grown up sort of nagging wife type played by Michelle Keegan, so I spent the whole time just wanting to tell them to stop faffing around.
"I’d never felt like a nagging mother before, but this show made me feel like one.
"I love Joe Gilgun, he’s really great in everything, it’s just a lot of lads having fun, it just felt like it wasn’t made for me."
Brassic is on Sky1 and Now TV from 22 August 2019.
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