Brassic: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Small-town Lancashire collision of heist thriller and buddy comedy
Year: 2019-2025
Certificate: 18
If you can imagine Last Of The Summer Wine crossed with Trainspotting, you're most of the way to Sky's wild series about friends on the make in a small Lancashire town. What saves this pacy and very sweary concoction of heist thriller and buddy comedy from sliding into offensive territory is the charm of the cast, from show co-creator Joe Gilgun as the bipolar Vinnie to Michelle Keegan as single mum Erin. Both are the product of bad childhoods and the third, emotional dimension this adds to their characters allows you to root for them even through all the violent chaos that surrounds them.
The show has been a big hit for Sky and the wider cast includes such surprising figures as Dominic West as Vinnie's GP, Rev's Steve Evets as Farmer Jim and the wonderful Bronagh Gallagher (The Commitments) as Carol. Series five opens with Vinnie and the gang promised yet another irresistible 'big money, no risk' job that's bound to go spectacularly wrong, series six opens with the theft of the original FA Cup and the seventh and final series opens with Vinnie facing the fact that the gang don't seem so interested in his schemes anymore - and another, younger gang is on the rise...
Originally made for Sky, it's since also been licensed to Netflix. (Seven series)
