Overview
- The official trailer, released Tuesday, confirms a U.S. HBO and Max premiere on April 23 and a U.K. BBC iPlayer launch on April 24, with weekly episodes running through May 28.
- Half Man follows non-biological brothers Ruben and Niall, whose reunion at a wedding triggers an “explosion of violence” that sends the story back across three decades to probe masculinity and toxic bonds.
- The trailer frames the series with a tense wedding speech before cutting to time-jumping flashes of youth and adulthood, including police and prison scenes, a press conference, and a car crash.
- Richard Gadd stars as Ruben opposite Jamie Bell as Niall, with Stuart Campbell and Mitchell Robertson portraying their younger versions alongside cast members including Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, and Anjli Mohindra.
- Filmed in Glasgow and directed by Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck, the six-part drama is produced by Banijay-backed Mam Tor with Thistledown Pictures and support from Screen Scotland, with Banijay Rights handling international sales outside BBC and HBO territories.