The Full Monty is a comedy-drama television miniseries. It is a follow-up to the 1997 film of the same name. It premiered on 14 June 2023 on FX on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Cast Main Robert Carlyle as Gary "Gaz" Schofield Mark Addy as David "Dave" Horsfall Lesley Sharp as Jean Horsfall Hugo Speer as Guy Paul Barber as Barrington "Horse" Mitchell Steve Huison as Lomper Paul Clayton as Dennis Tom Wilkinson as Gerald Cooper. This was Wilkinson's final television role before his death in December 2023.
Recurring Miles Jupp as Darren, a friend of the Monty gang and a bureaucrat Talitha Wing as Destiny "Des" Schofield, Gaz's teenage daughter, Nathan's half-sister and Ben's aunt Sophie Stanton as Hetty Baxter, a music teacher and Jean's best friend who turns on her Aiden Cook as Dean "Twiglet" Blakefield, a boy Dave becomes a father figure to William Snape as Nathan Schofield, Gaz's son, Destiny's half-brother and Ben's father Lewis Whele as Ben Schofield, Nathan's son, Destiny's nephew and Gaz's grandson Natalie Davies as Tabani, Des' friend who is very outgoing Dominic Sharkey as Cal, Des' friend who is shy and introverted Phillip Rhys Chaudhary as Dilip, Jean's deputy who has an affair with her Joshua Jo as Sang-Chol, a bird enthusiast that befriends Lomper and Dennis Tupele Dorgu as Yaz, Gaz's second ex-wife and Des' mother William Fox as Brian, Yaz's despicable new boyfriend Halima Ilter as Silvan, a Kurdistani refugee and Darren's love interest Emily Bevan as Yvonne, Guy's pregnant, ditzy, fiancée Susan Hilton as Margaret Baxter, Hetty's senile mother Bruce Jones as Reg Lisa Allen as Kath Joe Standerline as Funeral Director
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Locations The majority of the original film was shot in the Sheffield area, and the TV series production returned to the city. Some scenes were filmed in the city centre, Gleadless Valley, and the Meadowhall Shopping Centre. The production also took in locations in the Greater Manchester area, including Oldham and Bolton.
Reception The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 67% approval rating with an average rating of 5.70/10, based on 28 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Full Monty threatens to reveal the emperor has no clothes in a silver screen transition that yields mostly diminishing returns, although there's still pleasure to be had in the company of these hardscrabble chums." Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 19 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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