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.

Press clippings

Liam Williams: Almost as soon as I got to university, I felt my accent changing

The comedian and writer talks to Isobel Lewis about the nicer side of being a 'lad', why he lost his Yorkshire accent at Cambridge, and why the Edinburgh Fringe has reawakened his desire to perform stand-up.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 5th September 2022

Ladhood review

Comic exploration of masculinity continues to deliver.

Ben Dowell, The Times, 5th September 2022

Ladhood review

Thank you, Liam Williams, for this consistently great comedy.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 5th September 2022

Ladhood to end with Series 3

The forthcoming series of BBC Three sitcom Ladhood will see the comedy written by and starring Liam Williams come to a conclusion.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd July 2022

Broadcast Digital Awards 2022 nominees

Meet The Richardsons is nominated for Gamechanger Programme of the Year in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2022. The sitcom is also nominated in the Best Comedy Programme category alongside Brassic, Jerk, Ladhood, Starstruck and The Stand Up Sketch Show.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2022

50 best TV shows of 2021: 50-41 (Ladhood, Together, Pursuit Of Love)

For some years now, Liam Williams has been blossoming into one of the sharpest observers of niche contemporary culture. In the second season of Ladhood, though, he continued to turn his gaze inward, unpicking moments from his adolescence that were critical to his development. It might just be his best work yet.

The Guardian, 3rd December 2021

Ladhood Series 3 confirmed

BBC Three has confirmed a third series of Ladhood, the sitcom written by and starring Liam Williams.

British Comedy Guide, 9th September 2021

Back for a second six-part series, Ladhood (BBC One) is a wry comedy, that started out on Radio 4, from Edinburgh comedy award-winning Liam Williams. In it, he ponders, usually standing in the actual scene, the preposterous antics of his teenage self, swaggering and sulking with his mates around Garforth, Leeds. The older Liam (Williams himself) appears to be trying to ascertain where young Liam (Oscar Kennedy) stops and adult Liam begins.

In the opening episode (all are available to stream), adult Liam has been (rightly) dumped by his girlfriend and messes up a date, which is prime Ladhood territory. It's a little like The Inbetweeners, in terms of youthful friendships, but with no "posh" characters, a period-vibe (hello again, Myspace) and a throbbing vein of male rage: Liam has anger issues, and a reputation for kicking bins. At times, Ladhood is funny (the Young Liam sections especially have a strong surrounding cast), with deft observations on such matters as sex, driving tests and trying to befriend "the indie lot". I still can't work out whether Williams pities or envies his younger self, but perhaps that's the whole point.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 22nd August 2021

Ladhood review

It all reeks of adolescent hormones and acrid aftershave, and makes for fairly unpleasant viewing.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 17th August 2021

Why are male adolescents turned into whipping boys?

Ed Cumming looks back at the cultural impact of The Inbetweeners, a show that never took teenage boyhood seriously, and explores why Liam Williams's new show is such a refreshing change.

Ed Cumming, The Independent, 16th August 2021

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