Young Offenders TV series (BBC3 / RTE)

Sabre0001 · 19-01-2018 5:04pm #1

The first episode of the Young Offenders TV series will be available on the BBC iPlayer from 10am on February 1st and will be making its way to RTE shortly afterwards.

Alex Murphy and Chris Walley who starred in the film (which is on Netflix if you missed it) will reprise their roles.

‘The Young Offenders’ TV series will follow the coming of age adventures of loveable rogues Conor and Jock (Alex Murphy and Chris Walley, reprising their roles from the feature film) as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.

The comedy series will expand on the characters already seen in the film as viewers watch the lads encountering love, loss, peer pressure, and morality, with each episode set in the city the producers want to celebrate with these memorable characters. ‘The Young Offenders’ is foremost a comedy and will be jam-packed with laughter, but it will also be tender with a lot of heart.

Really enjoyed the film and hoping it will work well in more bite-sized chunks. Was filmed in Cork; did anyone pop down?

Andy Magic · 19-01-2018 5:06pm

The film was great, will give the tv series a go

JP Liz V1 · 26-01-2018 10:22pm

It starts Thursday February 8th at 9.30pm on RTE 2

brian_t · 27-01-2018 2:03am

The thread title says BBC3 but it starts on BBC1 the next day (Friday at 11.25pm)

john9876 · 05-02-2018 11:15pm

Just watched the first episode ... fantastic.

S.M.B. · 06-02-2018 11:47pm

Assumed they just for some reason decided to split a 90 minute movie into a few 22 minute episodes.

Didn't realise it was a new show at all.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 07-02-2018 7:45pm

john9876 wrote: »

Just watched the first episode ... fantastic.

Yeah, it was class. Definitely the same formula that made the film great - the cast are what makes it.

Mr E · 08-02-2018 9:51am

Commissioned for a second series.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/bbc-commissions-second-series-of-cork-based-comedy-the-young-offenders-36580881.html

BuilderPlumber · 08-02-2018 3:13pm

Would prefer to see a proper Love/Hate or Love/Hate type gangland drama than a comedy/lite version.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 08-02-2018 5:56pm

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Would prefer to see a proper Love/Hate or Love/Hate type gangland drama than a comedy/lite version.

What are you actually on about? The Young Offenders has nothing to do with Love/Hate - it's not trying to be a comedy version of Love/Hate, none of the same people are involved, it's another thing entirely.

NIMAN · 08-02-2018 5:58pm

Haven't seen any of it, but a work colleague says its basically the film split into programmes.

Surely its a different story?

Mickeroo · 08-02-2018 5:59pm

Kind of like going into a thread about Brooklyn 99 and complaining that it's not like The Wire.

JP Liz V1 · 08-02-2018 11:02pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Haven't seen any of it, but a work colleague says its basically the film split into programmes.

Surely its a different story?

Same characters from the film (except PJ is principal now), like the film's

drug

plot didn't exist

Kuva · 08-02-2018 11:07pm

brilliant

Didn't see the film so will have to look for that.

weldoninhio · 08-02-2018 11:39pm

First half of the first episode was very poor. Just an exact same rehash as the movie. Second half was a good bit better. Has potential.

CeilingFly · 08-02-2018 11:43pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

First half of the first episode was very poor. Just an exact same rehash as the movie. Second half was a good bit better. Has potential.

Are you sure you were watching the same programme aa everyone else?

Maybe you just suffer from "its Irish, it must be sh1te" syndrome.

I reckon this has potential to be up with Fr Ted as an all time classic.

JP Liz V1 · 08-02-2018 11:46pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

What are you actually on about? The Young Offenders has nothing to do with Love/Hate - it's not trying to be a comedy version of Love/Hate, none of the same people are involved, it's another thing entirely.

I suppose Billy and Conor could be a mix of Nidge with Jock as Fran

david75 · 08-02-2018 11:49pm

This is brilliant can we hope RTÉ are at last finding a clue?

Great tv. Genuinely funny.

MilesMorales1 · 08-02-2018 11:51pm

I really enjoyed it, laughed myself silly. Translated really well from film to tv.

siblers · 08-02-2018 11:54pm

I enjoyed the film but thought this episode was dreadful, my GF loved it though

Ash.J.Williams · 08-02-2018 11:56pm

I enjoyed it except for the adopted bit... Felt it was dated and obvious and stupid

unhappyBB · 09-02-2018 12:08am

siblers wrote: »

I enjoyed the film but thought this episode was dreadful, my GF loved it though

Agreed. Loved the film but this was just 30 cringe inducing minutes of Conor professing his bro-love for Jock. Hope the next episode is better.
Was cool seeing the city from the top of the Eir building at the start though.

big_drive · 09-02-2018 12:37am

Really enjoyed it, found it funny and will definitely be watching next week again

Shergar6 · 09-02-2018 3:24am

Really enjoyed it. I watched the movie twice.

Muahahaha · 09-02-2018 9:49am

Missed it last night-is the first episode repeated anywhere on RTE ?

Mickeroo · 09-02-2018 9:52am

Muahahaha wrote: »

Missed it last night-is the first episode repeated anywhere on RTE ?

Sunday night at 10:35 by the looks of it (rte 1).

Muahahaha · 09-02-2018 10:11am

Nice one, thanks Mickeroo

Foweva Awone · 09-02-2018 10:14am

Muahahaha wrote: »

Missed it last night-is the first episode repeated anywhere on RTE ?

It's on RTE Player

weldoninhio · 09-02-2018 10:55am

david75 wrote: »

This is brilliant can we hope RTare at last finding a clue?

Great tv. Genuinely funny.

I was reading recently that RTE have very little to do with it apart from putting their name to it. Much like Mrs Brown, its a BBC production.

dudara · 09-02-2018 11:28am

Got a lot of echoes of the film in the first episode. It gave me some real feelings of deja vu. Having said that, there are probably lots of people who have never seen the film, so this is all brand new to them.

Overall, great potential and delighted to see it picked up for a second season already. Great to see all the Cork landmarks (and non-landmarks) on TV, and loved that very last sequence on Carey's Lane.

cython · 09-02-2018 11:36am

weldoninhio wrote: »

First half of the first episode was very poor. Just an exact same rehash as the movie. Second half was a good bit better. Has potential.

CeilingFly wrote: »

Are you sure you were watching the same programme aa everyone else?

Maybe you just suffer from "its Irish, it must be sh1te" syndrome.

I reckon this has potential to be up with Fr Ted as an all time classic.

To be fair, I can see where weldoninhio is coming from with that observation. The show seems to be a soft reboot rather than a follow on from the movie (given that the wrap of from the film seems to be ignored; I guess it could be a prequel either, but I doubt it), reintroducing the characters, etc. so as not to alienate people who haven't seen the film. However it did feel a bit too familiar/rehashy having watched the film. Bit of a no-win situation IMHO, either you bore those returning to the characters, or alienate the new ones.

Dudara sums the same up pretty well:

dudara wrote: »

Got a lot of echoes of the film in the first episode. It gave me some real feelings of deja vu. Having said that, there are probably lots of people who have never seen the film, so this is all brand new to them.

Overall, great potential and delighted to see it picked up for a second season already. Great to see all the Cork landmarks (and non-landmarks) on TV, and loved that very last sequence on Carey's Lane.

Young Offenders TV series (BBC3 / RTE)

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