Funboys stars wreak havoc in new BBC comedy inspired by 'embarrassing' moments

The caller series, consisting of 4 episodes, volition beryllium disposable to watercourse connected BBC iPlayer from Monday

Stars of caller BBC drama took inspiration from beingness successful tiny towns successful Northern Ireland for their caller bid Funboys.

Set and filmed successful the bosom of Northern Ireland, the bid follows the mishaps of 3 adjacent friends Callum (Ryan Dylan), Jordan (Rian Lennon), and Lorcan (Lee R James).

The bid takes a "fly-on-the-wall approach, prioritising authentic, naturalistic comedy" whilst exploring modern themes of antheral vulnerability, spiritual dogma and more.

The four-episode bid volition beryllium released connected BBC iPlayer and BBC One Northern Ireland this coming Monday (February 10). Creators and actors Rian Lennon and Ryan Dylan hinted that parts of the bid gully from real-life events and were airy connected the details.

"I'd accidental determination are immoderate events that could beryllium successful aboriginal episodes if we get more", Rian Lennon told Belfast Live. He recalled however their self-made sketches were the genesis of the show.

"It (the series_ benignant of grew from the sketches that made ourselves. So that's however we met each different and we've been making sketches for a bully 10 years together.

"It benignant of grew from that and BBC saw 1 of the sketches, which we past developed it into a abbreviated which is connected iPlayer astatine the minute.

“It was conscionable soma that retired into a afloat series, and trying to clasp the humour of the of the sketches that we do.

An occurrence featuring Callum and his emotion involvement Gemma (Ele McKenzie) connected an ill-fated swan pedalo thrust is peculiarly drawn from real-life experiences.

Ryan Dylan reflected connected the parallels betwixt their experiences and the show, saying: "I would accidental not similar one-to-one experiences that were precisely the same, but experiences that were equally, if not more, embarrassing."

Lee R James past shed airy connected the quirks of their hometown: "Where maine and Ryan are from, I deliberation it is technically classed arsenic a metropolis but it is rather contained truthful you can't truly bash thing without idiosyncratic knowing oregon saying."

“There is immoderate inspiration conscionable from the information that thing you bash successful these benignant of small, choky knit communities is benignant of like, could beryllium precise easy highlighted.

“Somebody volition accidental to idiosyncratic knows idiosyncratic who knows your ma and it’s each implicit the town.”

Taking the pb successful the series, Ryan Dylan, Rian Lennon, and Lee R James whitethorn not beryllium household names yet, but they're joined by a premix of experienced and young actors. The wider formed includes section endowment and immoderate drama stars including Stath Lets Flats and Barbie prima Jamie Demetriou, Everyone Else Burns histrion Ele McKenzie, Kneecap's Brian Devlin and Owen Colgan.

Describing the series, Rian Lennonshared: "It is conscionable astir 3 friends who emotion each different precise much, but are severely inequipped to woody with basal beingness things.

“We take that benignant of to the nth grade similar we attack it with utmost similar seriousness and everything else.

“It's conscionable however their relationship fractures and grows, is destroyed by encountering these mundane beingness things similar getting a woman oregon having occupation astatine work.

Ryan Dylan added: “It's similar the opposition betwixt those wholesome things and however earnestly that. It's similar a much of a, similar a psycho play for these guys that they deliberation truthful earnestly astir each this mundane crap”.

Funboys launches connected BBC One NI astatine 11.10pm connected Monday, February 10 BBC Three connected Friday, February 14 astatine 10pm. All 4 episodes volition besides beryllium container acceptable connected BBC iPlayer