This series blends comedy and drama to tell the story of a young man learning to cope with life and love at the same time as caring for his mentally ill mother. The semi-autobiographical story told by the protagonist starts when a 20 something man is dumped by his girlfriend when she discovers that he is gay. A comedy that might have been niche is made accessible to all by great writing and acting. It captures the confusions of a generation of millennials – cocky but full of selfdoubt, informed about big issues but unable to act, and sexually liberated but unsure what to do with the freedom material. At the heart of the programme’s success is the effective collaboration between the performer (also the writer and one of the producers) and the rest of the team, with the key creatives still able to maintain control of the material. Starting as a small series it has now completed its third season with more to come, and has been picked up in the US with the original production company as a co-producer of the US series.
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