The new comedy about three emotionally-unassembled young men in small-town Northern Ireland launches in February.
BBC Three, together with BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer, has today announced who'll be starring in their upcoming new comedy, Funboys, from the producer of This Country, Simon Mayhew-Archer.
Funboys is about three emotionally-unassembled young men in small-town Northern Ireland. Callum, Jordan and Lorcan, played by Ryan Dylan, Rian Lennon and Lee R James, attempt to navigate through the hardships of life. From first girlfriends to dead pet pigs, the lads are put through the psychological ringer.
But will their shared love of innocent fun and wholesome mucking about land them in hot water?
Filmed and set in Northern Ireland, with support from Northern Ireland Screen, Funboys takes a fly-on-the-wall approach, promising to prioritise authentic, naturalistic comedy whilst exploring modern themes of male vulnerability, religious dogma and handjobs.
Announced today and joining the previously announced Ryan Dylan, Rian Lennon and Lee R James will be Ele McKenzie, Jamie Demetriou, Brian Devlin, Owen Colgan, Paul Bazely, Richard Croxford, Emer O’Connor, Amanda Hurwitz, James Martin, Vanessa Ifediora, Walter Chigui and Brendan Quinn.
On joining the series, Jamie Demetriou said "The Funboys pilot blew me away. Their dedication to making something genuinely funny and specific is deeply exciting and very rare. Getting to see it in person on set was a career highlight for me."
Directed by Rian Lennon and produced by Leah Draws, Funboys is made by Mayhay Studios and has been written by Rian Lennon and Ryan Dylan, with Simon Mayhew-Archer, as story writer and executive producer.
Speaking ahead of the series airing, Simon Mayhew-Archer said "Rian, Ryan and Lee are three of the funniest, most inventive people I've worked with and I really hope this show brings as much happiness to others as it has to me."
To which Rian Lennon added "We were very lucky to have such a uniquely funny assortment of actors who understood the show’s specific tone. Each person brought their own colour and verve and the result is a lovely collaborative finger painting of silly wholesome comedy that we're very excited to stick up on the nation’s fridges."
The BBC's Director of Comedy Commissioning, Jon Petries said "Rian, Ryan and Lee have a completely original and hilarious comic vision, so we’re delighted to see their debut series arrive on screen and to have exciting new Northern Irish voices on the BBC."
And Eddie Doyle, Head of Commissioning for BBC Northern Ireland, said "It’s been fantastic to see this project develop from a BBC iPlayer short we co-commissioned with BBC Comedy, into a four part network series. Rian, Ryan and Lee are uniquely brilliant in their comedy and Funboys is quite unlike anything else out there."
Funboys starts in February on BBC Three
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