The six-episode show comes from the creator of Baby Reindeer.
Landing on the BBC later this month, Half Man stars Gadd alongside Jamie Bell (Rocketman) as Ruben and Niall.
Here’s the setup:
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. Capturing 30 years in the lives of these broken men, Half Man explores brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships. After all, when things fall apart… it is sometimes the closest relationships which break the hardest.
The trailer also features Mitchell Robertson (Mayflies) and Stuart Campbell (SAS Rogue Heroes), who play Niall and Ruben in their younger years. Neve McIntosh (Doctor Who) is seen in her role Niall’s mother Lori alongside Marianne McIvor (Screw) who plays Ruben’s mother Maura.
Rounding out the cast for Half Man is Charlie De Melo (Rivals), Bilal Hasna (Extraordinary), Julie Cullen (Traces), Amy Manson (The Nevers), Anjli Mohindra (The Lazarus Project), Tim Downie (Outlander), Tom Andrews (Feel Good), Philippine Velge (The Serpent Queen), Stuart McQuarrie (The Rig), Sandy Batchelor (SAS Rogue Heroes) Piers Ewart (The Primrose Railway Children), Scot Greenan (T2 Trainspotting), and newcomers Charlotte Blackwood, Calum Manchip and Kate Robson-Stuart.
Filmed in and around Glasgow last year, Half Man comes to the BBC iPlayer weekly from Friday, April 24th at 6am. A linear timeslot on BBC One remains to be confirmed.
The series is a co-production with HBO, which will air the series in the US, Latin America and Europe. For more images, check out the BBC gallery.