Brassic

Brassic is a British comedy-drama television series created by Joe Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst for Sky One and became Sky's most successful comedy series in seven years. The series follows the lives of Vinnie O'Neill (Gilgun) and his friends in the fictional town of Hawley. Other primary cast members include Michelle Keegan, Damien Molony, Tom Hanson, Aaron Heffernan, Ryan Sampson and Parth Thakerar. The first series consists of six episodes and premiered on 22 August 2019. Before the first series had aired, it was announced that it had been renewed for a second series, which premiered on 7 May 2020. On 12 February 2020, it was renewed for an expanded third series consisting of eight episodes; which premiered on 6 October 2021 having moved to Sky Max following the shutdown of Sky One. In August 2021 a fourth series began filming and premiered on 7 September 2022. In August 2022, it was renewed for a fifth series and premiered on 28 September 2023, and will be followed by a Christmas special in December 2023. In April 2023, it was renewed for a sixth series, with production having begun in mid-2023 to air in 2024. The title Brassic is the colloquial pronunciation of Boracic as in Boracic lint, a medical dressing, the name of which is Cockney rhyming slang for skint (i.e. insolvent).