Set 25 years after the events of the hit '90s comedy, the show checks back in with Gaz (Robert Carlyle) and the other Sheffield boys.
about it was its spirit — the camaraderie between its characters, the easy sense of humor, the affectionate but not sugarcoated view of small-town life. It pays off as a sequel that, for all its shortcomings, retains much of its predecessor’s unassuming charm.
As a brief prologue notes, the eight-episode season picks up 26 years, seven prime ministers and eight Northern regeneration policies after the picture left off. In some ways, much has changed. Lomper is unhappy to learn in the premiere that today’s youth are offended by the name of the café he owns with his husband , especially as he hadn’t realized “Big Baps” was meant to be a double entendre to begin with.
In other regards, though, not much has changed at all. The city looks possibly even more run-down than it did back in the day. The shabby theater where the guys once put on their Chippendales-inspired act has long since crumbled into ruin. The local school, where Dave serves as caretaker and his wife as headmistress, is beset by structural damage and ever-stricter budget cuts.
It’s a lot of problems for any one show to take on and, particularly in the first half of its season,‘s efforts to tackle them all can make it feel aimless. Episodes tend to focus on one character’s storyline at a time, so that a troubled kid who dominates Dave’s attention in one chapter might rarely be mentioned again afterward.
But it does have faith in people, and the bonds that tie them together. It’s evident in small gestures, like the chocolate cake that Gaz brings Dave after a heartache, and big ones, like the foulmouthed “Revenge Choir” formed by a teacher to provide kids like Destiny a creative outlet after the school music program is cut.knows well that their care for each other can be imperfect and insufficient; it also knows that it’s the only dependable source of light and warmth in a cold world.
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