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.
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Ladhood review
The stultifying reality of a suburban adolescence is evoked in this Leeds-based comedy to brilliantly cruel effect.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 15th August 2021Ladhood Series 2 review
The comic's painfully funny, semi-autobiographial sitcom returns for a second series, balancing crass banter with intelligent insights into emotional inadequacy.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 15th August 2021Ladhood Series 2 now filming
Filming has started on six more episodes of Ladhood, the BBC Three comedy written by and starring Liam Williams.
British Comedy Guide, 13th April 2021BBC Three commissions second series of Ladhood
Liam Williams's coming-of-age comedy series Ladhood has been recommissioned for a second series by BBC Three.
British Comedy Guide, 10th February 2020TV review: Ladhood, series 1, episode 1
It feels like a very genuine series, and one where Williams doesn't let himself off lightly either, showing his actions in a less than flattering way, though he at least often castigates his past self for acting in such a manner.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 27th November 2019Liam Williams' lad mag struggles
Liam Williams has revealed that there was such behind-the-scenes legal wrangling on his new BBC Three series Ladhood when it came to naming the publication the teenage version of himself and his mates read.
Chortle, 25th November 2019Review: 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 2019Ladhood review
Based on comic Liam Williams's adolescence, this Leeds-set series combines nostalgic laughs and Fleabag-style tenderness for the perfect tale of growing up disgracefully.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 24th November 2019Liam Williams interview
'I'm still coated in a residue of laddishness, for better or worse'.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 23rd November 2019Liam Williams on decline of radio-to-TV commissions
Liam Williams on how embracing Radio 4's 'spirit of experiment' helped shape his latest BBC3 show.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 21st November 2019