Brave Young Men. Image shows from L to R: Owen Malloy (Marc Wootton), Jamie Husband (Tom Basden). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions
Brave Young Men

Brave Young Men

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2009
  • 1 pilot

Sitcom pilot about Owen and Jamie, a pair of very average twenty-somethings with the not-so-average responsibility of saving the world. Stars Marc Wootton, Tom Basden, Patrick Barlow, Dominic Coleman, Joanna Neary and more.

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