The BBC and HBO have dropped some new images of a shirtless Richard Gadd in his Baby Reindeer follow-up Half Man.
The six-episode original drama also released photos of co-stars Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers), Mitchell Robertson (Curfew) and Stuart Campbell (SAS Rogue Heroes). Robertson and Campbell play the younger versions of Ruben (Gadd) and Bell (Niall).
“Niall and Ruben are brothers,” a plot synopsis begins. “Not related in blood, but the closest you can get. One, fierce and loyal. The other, meek and mild-mannered. Inseparable youth. Brought into each other’s lives through death and circumstance, all they have is each other … But when Ruben turns up at Niall’s wedding three decades later, everything seems different. He is on edge. Shifty. Not acting like himself. And soon, an explosion of violence takes place which catapults us back through their lives, from the ’80s to the present day.”
Half Man — created, written and executive produced by the Emmy-winning Gadd — promises to capture “30 years in the lives of these broken men,” while exploring “brotherhood, violence and the intense fragility of male relationships.”
Also seen in the new pictures for the first time are Neve McIntosh as Niall’s mother, Lori, and Marianne McIvor as Ruben’s mother, Maura.
Rounding out the cast for Half Man are Charlie De Melo (Rivals), Bilal Hasna (The Agency), Julie Cullen (Traces), Amy Manson (The Nevers), Anjli Mohindra (The Lazarus Project), Tim Downie (Outlander), Tom Andrews (Feel Good), Philippine Velge (The Serpent Queen), Stuart McQuarrie (The Rig), Sandy Batchelor (SAS Rogue Heroes) Piers Ewart (The Primrose Railway Children), Scot Greenan (T2 Trainspotting) and newcomers Charlotte Blackwood, Calum Manchip and Kate Robson-Stuart.
Sophie Gardiner and Anna O’Malley are the executive producers, alongside Gaynor Holmes for the BBC and Gavin Smith for BBC Scotland. The series is directed by Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck. Executive producers for Mam Tor Productions are Tally Garner and Morven Reid.
