One of HBO and BBC’s highly anticipated limited drama series this year, from Baby Reindeer creator and star Richard Gadd, is finally premiering today. The first episode of Half Man, the new six-part British drama, officially debuts tonight at 9:00 PM ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max. It will then be followed by weekly episode releases until Thursday, May 28.
What do we know about Richard Gadd’s Half Man series?
Half Man is created, written, and executive-produced by Gadd, who won three Emmy Awards for his work on Netflix’s 2024 miniseries Baby Reindeer. The show is led by Gadd and Jamie Bell as they play estranged step-brothers. The story follows their toxic but unexplainable bond, which spans three decades.
The ensemble cast also includes Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson, Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, Amy Manson, Anjli Mohindra, Tim Downie, Tom Andrews, Philippine Velge, Stuart McQuarrie, Sandy Batchelor, Piers Ewart, and Scot Greenan, along with newcomers Charlotte Blackwood, Calum Manchip, and Kate Robson-Stuart.
“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,” reads the official logline.
“Capturing 30 years in the lives of these broken men, it is a six-part limited series exploring brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships. After all, when things fall apart… It is sometimes the closest relationships that break the hardest.”
The six-part drama is executive-produced by Sophie Gardiner, Anna O’Malley, Gaynor Holmes for the BBC, Gavin Smith for BBC Scotland, Tally Garner & Morven Reid for Mam Tor Productions, with Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck serving as directors.
