Ladhood

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A coming-of-age comedy from Bafta-nominated writer and comedian Liam Williams.

When did it all go wrong? Liam, who parties too hard and disappoints his girlfriend, turns to his teenage years for answers. A funny, frank evaluation of how lads become men.

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Liam Williams

Jordan Pearson

Nick Preston

Samuel Bottomley

Shaun Thomas

Lily Frazer

Oscar Kennedy

Jonathan Schey

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Ladhood: Series 1: Friday Night

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Friday Night

BBC Three - Ladhood, Series 1, Friday Night

Liam attempts a sober Friday night, leading him to reflect on his relationship with booze.

Liam tells Jess he's taking a month off the booze. As he struggles to make it through a sober Friday night, he reflects on where his relationship with alcohol began.

Having previously embarrassing himself in a bar, Liam announces to his girlfriend, Jess, that he’s taking a month off the booze. As he tries to make it through his first sober Friday night in years, he thinks back to where and when his relationship with drinking began. 

Leeds, early noughties. It’s Friday night and Liam, Ralph, Addy and Craggy are determined to get drunk for the first time. The only problem is, they’re underage. Trying every trick in the book to get served, they find unlikely heroes in local bullies Rupert and Tinhead, who agree to buy their booze. But when Rupert invites them to the woods for a drinking session, things get messy.

Ladhood: Series 1

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A coming-of-age comedy from Bafta-nominated writer-comedian Liam Williams.

A coming-of-age comedy from Bafta-nominated comedian Liam Williams, exploring the roots of modern-day masculinity by delving into the memories of his own misspent adolescence.

A coming-of-age comedy from Bafta-nominated writer-comedian Liam Williams. Adapted from an original BBC Radio 4 series, Ladhood straddles two timelines as Liam explores the roots of modern-day masculinity by delving into the memories of his own misspent adolescence in the Leeds suburb of Garforth during the early noughties.

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