Ladhood. Image shows from L to R: Addy (Aqib Khan), Craggy (Shaun Thomas), Liam (Liam Williams), Young Liam (Oscar Kennedy), Ralph (Samuel Bottomley)
Ladhood

Ladhood

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2019 - 2022
  • 18 episodes (3 series)

Liam Williams writes and stars in this sitcom set across two timelines, present day London and mid-2000s Leeds. Also features Oscar Kennedy, Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas, Aqib Khan, Nick Preston and more.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 4 - Bedroom

Ladhood. Image shows from L to R: Addy (Aqib Khan), Ralph (Samuel Bottomley), Rachel (Emily Coates), Craggy (Shaun Thomas)
Liam is inspired by an old homemade hip-hop track he made with his teenage mates.

Preview clips

Further details

Liam is back at his parents' house in Leeds. Having told Jess he'll spend the day preparing to perform at a local spoken word night, instead he's procrastinating and playing old video games. But when he turns on his childhood computer and stumbles on an old homemade hip-hop track, it triggers a memory.

Leeds, early noughties. Inspired by the new wave of 'bedroom musicians' breaking into the charts, Liam tries to convince his best mates Addy, Craggy and Ralph to make a hip-hop track with him. But when they don't take "the art" seriously, Liam struggles to keep a lid on it.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 24th November 2019
Time
10am
Channel
BBC Three
Length
21 minutes, 59 seconds

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 27th January 2020 10:35pm BBC1
Monday 27th January 2020 11:05pm BBC1 Scot
Monday 27th January 2020 11:05pm BBC1 Wales
Tuesday 15th June 2021 10:00pm Dave
Sunday 3rd April 2022 3:30am Dave
Thursday 4th August 2022 10:30pm BBC3
Friday 5th August 2022 2:45am BBC3
Monday 3rd October 2022 3:15am Dave
Friday 6th January 2023 2:30am Dave
Friday 10th March 2023 3:15am Dave
Monday 1st May 2023 1:40am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Liam Williams Liam
Oscar Kennedy Young Liam
Samuel Bottomley Ralph
Shaun Thomas Craggy
Aqib Khan Addy
Emily Coates Rachel
Lily Frazer Jess
Guest cast
Josie Long MC
Writing team
Liam Williams Writer
Production team
Jonathan Schey Director
Joe Nunnery Producer
Gareth Edwards Executive Producer
Andy Bennions Line Producer
Liam Williams Associate Producer
Joe Haughey Editor
Heather Gibson Production Designer
Catherine Willis Casting Director
Helen Woolfenden Costume Designer
Craig Dean Devine Director of Photography
Lulu Hall Make-up Designer
Lee Watson Graphics
Stew Barnes Composer
Will Baker 1st Assistant Director

Video

First time you made music

A painfully accurate depiction of the first time you ever dropped a beat.

Featuring: Liam Williams (Liam), Oscar Kennedy (Young Liam), Samuel Bottomley (Ralph), Shaun Thomas (Craggy) & Aqib Khan (Addy).

Press

Review: Ladhood, BBC Three, episode 4, Bedroom

The dialogue is not always entirely convincing, but it is funny, with the references to Eminem, Natasha Bedingfield and shell suits striking a comedic nostalgic chord.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th November 2019

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