Brassic is mentioned in The Telegraph's best TV to look forward to in summer 2019!

Also: "Sky One, August TBC"

Posting this for our international members!

Video interview with Kate Barnes from ITV Studios, who are responsible for international distribution of Brassic.

"We've got a lot of big shows that we're working on at the moment, one of them is Brassic, which is a show that we are working with a producer outside of ITV, Calamity Films. It's for SKY, it's written by Danny Brocklehurst and co-created with Joseph Gilgun and it's absolutely an amazing series and I personally am very passionate about it and want as many people [as possible] to find it, to appreciate it, all over the world."

Really good news for worldwide audiences

Click the link below for the video, the Brassic part is at the 1.09 mark

Kate Barnes on Brassic, The Virtues and ITVSGE global strategy

I hope this is heartening news! You never know, the international availability may end up bigger than the UKl where it is only available to SKY and NOW TV subscribers.

Love that they had the mini horse at the launch! (not sure it is a shetland pony, but that is what Damien mentioned in an interview when he was talking about a scene!) Wonder if it is the actual pony we saw in the trailer?

Lots of great Brassic posts from the event and since!

New piece in the Radio Times about Brassic!

When is Brassic on TV? Who is in the cast and what is it about?

There is nothing we don't know already, but love this image and also we learn a little about Dominic West and Ruth Sheen's roles.

Also, here is an edited version of Joe Gilgun's Virgin Radio interview, shame they cut the part about Dylan being the most handsome member of the cast! (full interview here, you have to listen to a couple of hours before getting there!)

Here are a few Brassic press articles from recent days - have to laugh at these headlines!

Nothing Damien related, but a great general insight into the show!

SEX DEN SET Michelle Keegan’s new show Brassic was filmed in real life X-rated sex den with torture chamber | The Sun

This Is England’s Joe Gilgun ‘smoked dope and gave up masturbating’ after filming Brassic scenes | The Metro

Michelle Keegan can drink us all under the table, says new co-star | Daily Mirror

This is a great in depth interview with Joe Gilgun in The Observer, with a new photo including Damien!

Joseph Gilgun: ‘In a working-class community, often you're accepted for the oddball you've become'

In case you missed them!

New Damien Brassic interviews!

Damien Molony: from Kildare to the top of British TV | The Irish Times 

#Watch2Watch Episode 11: Damien Molony 'Brassic' Interview

Brassic | Interview with Damien Molony (Dylan Colding) | Bradford Zone

More Brassic press today!

It's the cover story of Sunday World Magazine, with interviews with Damien, Michele Keegan and Joe Gilgun.

I bought the digital copy!

Love how Michelle calls Damien 'DaMo'

We have heard about the now famous Damien / Mich Keeg portaloo sex scene before, but this interview is new!

I've zoomed on DaMo's interview

The same piece, by Kevin Palmer, is also in the Irish Independent today!

Another attention grabbing headline!

"Anytime you do a sex scene with a room full of people shouting instructions, it's going to be ridiculous, but that's part of the job and you have to just get on with it.

"I have done a few of them down the years and they are just weird. You just have to accept it for what it is and get on with it and when you look at it in the show now, it's actually quite funny."

Molony's up-close-and-personal introduction to one of Britain's highest-profile actresses must have been an eye-opener, with the actor - who has seen his profile rise after his starring role in Channel 4 show GameFace - admitting he had an awkward conversation with his parents ahead of filming.

"To start with, there is never anything sexy about doing a scene like that as there are so many people in the room, none of them want to be there and they all want to get it done as quickly as possible so they can go and eat lunch," he told us.

"The actors are terrified and nervous, but the truth is no one else cares. You just get on with it and it is such a ridiculous scenario to be doing that with someone you don't know.

"My parents rang me up that morning and we were chatting about what I was doing that day. Normally you can tell them what you are doing, but this time it felt different.

"What do you say? I'm pretending to have sex in a portaloo with Michelle Keegan. What is great about the Brassic sex scenes is there is absolutely nothing sexy about them and that certainly helped.

"You won't get a chance to be in something this good and this funny too often in your career.

"Once I saw this script, I was desperate to do it and the cast we have in Brassic are so good that it had to be a success. We spent five months in Manchester filming and it was such great fun."

Brassic is a raw comedy set in northern England with a wonderfully edgy twist, with Manchester native Keegan playing the role of responsible mother Erin who tries to keep her man Dylan (played by Molony) in check as he is led astray by the unpredictable Vinnie, played by the irrepressible Joe Gilgun, who was the driving force behind a comedy that is certain to capture the imagination of Irish and British audiences.

For Molony, his casting in Brassic offered up another test of his linguistic skills as he was asked to perfect a Lancashire accent while surrounded by locals who felt right at home in a comedy that was filmed in Chorley, Lancashire.

"You do have to work on getting an accent right for something like his, but being around Joe and Michelle all the time helped me," Damien told us. "When we are not filming, Joe is talking a mile a minute and when you are around that every day, you start to pick up the accent and are constantly being refreshed.

"Dylan was a great character to play. He loves Erin and their little boy so much, but he also cares so much for Vinnie and is worried about how that will affect him. He is a sensitive soul and doesn't want to let people down."

Molony's wonderful on-screen chemistry with his on-screen lover is a key part of the success of Brassic, with Keegan admitting the appeal of playing a hard-working mother with real ambition appealed to her from the moment she saw the script.

"When you see a programme on the working classes, the mother is cast in a bad light, but this is very different," she says.

"My character Erin is portrayed as a good mother, a strong woman who is driven to do well for herself and give her son the kind of upbringing she never had. That's really positive and one of the reasons why I wanted this role so much."

In case you missed the photos in the forum galleries, there was another Brassic screening and Q&A last night, this time in Manchester!

All the cast were there with Joe Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst (co-creators) and the Q&A was hosted by Katy Rickitt.

Great photos from Getty and others there!

(Looks like we need to step up our campaign for spelling Damien's name correct!)

 

 

 

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What an amazing night with this motley crew from upcoming series #brassic interviewing them live was a challenge but amazing fun! @wgmtalent #joegilgun @michkeegan and the most hilarious group of lads I’ve ever met x

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That’s me with the cast of @SkyOne #Brassic. Beaut Michelle Keegan, Damien Maloney and the fireball energy that is Joe Gilgun. We discussed Northern humour, properly representing working class characters, Joe’s “receding hairline” and whether I could donate a few strands (ha). pic.twitter.com/dwveVXdVk0

— L'Oréal Blackett (@LOreal_B) August 21, 2019

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