Half Man to Debut in April on HBO and HBO Max

HBO and the BBC have announced Half Man, an original six-episode limited series from Emmy-winning creator and executive producer Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer, Against the Law), will debut this April on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe, and on BBC iPlayer, BBC One, and BBC Scotland in the UK and Ireland.

In the series, Niall and Ruben are brothers. 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 eighties to the present day.

Capturing 30 years in the lives of these broken men, Half Man is a six-part limited series exploring brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships. After all, when things fall apart… Sometimes, it is the closest relationships that break the hardest.

The cast includes Richard Gadd, Jamie Bell, Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson, Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, Amy Manson, and Anjli Mohindra.

Tim Downie, Tom Andrews, Philippine Velge, Stuart McQuarrie, Sandy Batchelor, Piers Ewart, Scot Greenan, Charlotte Blackwood, Calum Manchip, and Kate Robson-Stuart round out the cast.

Half Man is created, written, and executive produced by Richard Gadd. 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. The executive producers for Mam Tor Productions are Tally Garner and Morven Reid.

Half Man is produced by Mam Tor Productions (a Banijay UK company) in association with Thistledown Pictures, for BBC iPlayer, BBC One, BBC Scotland, and HBO. Banijay Rights handles international distribution outside of BBC and HBO rights. Half Man is supported by Screen Scotland.