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{{Short description|British television series}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox television
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| genre              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Coming-of-age story|Coming of age]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title=BBC Three - Ladhood, Series 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07t80kv |website=[[BBC]] |accessdate=4 July 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704222950/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07t80kv |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Comedy]]<ref name="BBC" />
}}
| based_on           = {{Based on|''Ladhood''|[[Liam Williams (comedian)|Liam Williams]]}}
| writer             = Liam Williams
| starring           = {{Plainlist|
* Liam Williams
* [[Lily Frazer]]
* [[Andrew Alexander (actor)|Andrew Alexander]]
* [[Oscar Kennedy]]
* Shaun Thomas
* [[Samuel Bottomley]]
* [[Aqib Khan]]
}}
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Chris Sussman
* Gareth Edwards
}}
| producer           = {{Plainlist|
* Joe Nunnery
}}
| director           = {{Plainlist|
* Jonathan Schey
* Ruth Pickett
}}
| country            = United Kingdom
| language           = English
| num_series         = 3
| num_episodes       = 18
| list_episodes      =
| editor             = Jason Rayton
| cinematography     = Craig Dean Devine
| music              = Terence Dunn
| company            = [[BBC Studios]] Comedy Productions
| channel            = [[BBC Three]]<br>[[BBC iPlayer]]
| runtime            = 24–28 minutes
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2019|11|24|df=y}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2022|09|05|df=y}}
}}
'''''Ladhood''''' is a British [[Coming-of-age story|coming of age]] [[comedy]] series that premiered on [[BBC iPlayer]] on 24 November 2019. Written by, and starring, [[Liam Williams (comedian)|Liam Williams]], the series details the experiences of his adolescence, and serves as a television adaptation of his [[BBC Radio 4]] show of the same name. The series also stars [[Lily Frazer]], [[Andrew Alexander (actor)|Andrew Alexander]], [[Oscar Kennedy]], Shaun Thomas, [[Samuel Bottomley]] and [[Aqib Khan]]. On 15 August 2021, ''Ladhood''{{'}}s second series was released. On 22 July 2022, it was announced that the third series of ''Ladhood'' would be the last.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2022/07/22/51215/ladhood_to_end_after_third_series?rss|title=Ladhood to end after third series|publisher=Chortle|date=22 July 2022|accessdate=22 July 2022}}</ref>
==Premise==
Set in the [[Yorkshire]] town of [[Garforth]], ''Ladhood'' begins with [[Liam Williams (comedian)|Liam Williams]] encountering relationship and behavioural issues as he questions what has shaped his personality. The series then details the experiences of Liam and his school friends, Tom, Ralph and Adnan, while Liam overlooks and comments on events.<ref name="Yorkshire">{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/inbetweeners-style-comedy-set-garforth-now-streaming-bbc-iplayer-1358798?amp|title=Inbetweeners-style comedy set in Garforth is now streaming on BBC iPlayer|work=[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]|access-date=4 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705022622/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/inbetweeners-style-comedy-set-garforth-now-streaming-bbc-iplayer-1358798?amp|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Production==
In February 2019, it was announced that Williams' [[BBC Radio 4]] show ''Ladhood'' was to be adapted into a television production. Williams expressed his gratitude to the [[BBC]] for the adaptation, thanking them for the "opportunity to consider the experiences of [his] youth and how they've shaped my adult personality".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/02/28/42413/liam_williamss_ladhood_heads_to_bbc_three|title=Liam Williams's Ladhood heads to BBC Three|work=[[Chortle]]|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705211952/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/02/28/42413/liam_williamss_ladhood_heads_to_bbc_three|url-status=live}}</ref> Of the commission, Chris Sussman, Head of Comedy at BBC Studios, stated: "We're thrilled to take Liam's brilliant series on a journey from radio to TV. He's a masterful storyteller, full of wit, warmth and compassion - which is surprising when you see what he was like as a teenage boy."<ref name="BTJ">{{Cite news|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/6864/news-liam-williams-ladhood-comes-screens|title=News: Liam Williams' Ladhood Comes To Screens|work=Beyond the Joke|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705223337/https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/6864/news-liam-williams-ladhood-comes-screens|url-status=live}}</ref>
Initially commissioned as a five-part series, the BBC ordered another episode, bringing the first series of ''Ladhood'' to six episodes.<ref name="BTJ" /> The series is set and filmed in [[Leeds]], where Williams was born.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/leeds-comedy-ladhood-set-second-17722196.amp|title=Leeds comedy Ladhood set for a second series on BBC|work=LeedsLive|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707023511/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/leeds-comedy-ladhood-set-second-17722196.amp|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2020, it was announced that ''Ladhood'' had been renewed for a second series of six episodes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2020/02/bbc-three-renews-ladhood-for-second-season/|title=BBC Three Renews 'Ladhood' For Second Season|work=TVWise|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705223848/https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2020/02/bbc-three-renews-ladhood-for-second-season/|url-status=live}}</ref> Filming for the second series commenced in April 2021. Due to the [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television]], cast members were kept in a "cohort", followed social distancing when possible, and were tested for [[COVID-19]] regularly.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filming has begun on the second series of BBC comedy Ladhood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/ladhood-2 |access-date=13 April 2021 |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=12 April 2021}}</ref>
In July 2022 a third series of Ladhood was confirmed. It was also announced that it would be the final series with Williams saying "It's been a bittersweet privilege to make this final full series of Ladhood with an unimprovable cast and crew and an excellent new director, Ruth Pickett. Thanks to everyone who's ever watched or contributed to the programme, not least producer Joe Nunnery for whose hard work and dedication I am almost inexpressibly grateful."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/ladhood-series-three |title=Critically acclaimed comedy series Ladhood from BBC Studios is set to conclude in summer 2022 on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer |date=22 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022|work=BBC}}</ref>
The third series aired on  BBC Three and iPlayer on 5 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/ladhood/episodes/3/1/ |title=Ladhood |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=Comedy.co.uk}}</ref>
==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Liam Williams (comedian)|Liam Williams]] as Himself
* [[Oscar Kennedy]] as Young Liam
* [[Samuel Bottomley]] as Ralph Roberts
* Shaun Thomas as Thomas "Craggy" Cragg
* [[Aqib Khan]] as Adnan Masood
* Nick Preston as Rupert
* Jordan Pearson as Eliot "Tinhead"
* [[Emily Coates]] as Rachel Fielder
* [[Lily Frazer]] as Jess (series 1–2)
* Karan Gill as Ross (series 2–3)
* [[Rosie Cavaliero]] as Linda (series 3)
* [[Neil Edmond]] as Simon (series 3)
* [[Katy Wix]] as Miss Monroe (Series 1)
}}
===Recurring===
* [[Andrew Alexander (actor)|Andrew Alexander]] as Tom
* Georgia Hughes as Lucy Cragg
* Rob Oldham as Sam
* James Dryden as Mr Dreyfus
* [[Celeste Dring]] as Penelope (series 1)
* Tilly Steele as Katie (series 1–2)
* [[Abigail Thorn]] as Iona (series 2–3)
* David Mumeni as Toby (series 3)
==Episodes==
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===Series 1 (2019)===
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = The Fight
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Friday Night
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Down Days
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Bedroom
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Schnecker
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The First Time
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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===Series 2 (2021)===
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|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Results
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = On The Road
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Indie
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|08|15}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Mary
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Black Stones
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
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|DirectedBy = Jonathan Schey
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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===Series 3 (2022)===
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Rat
|DirectedBy = Ruth Pickett
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Opportunity
|DirectedBy = Ruth Pickett
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = An Unforgettable Feeling
|DirectedBy = Ruth Pickett
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2022|09|05}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Initiative.
|DirectedBy = Ruth Pickett
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Never Forget
|DirectedBy = Ruth Pickett
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = TV
|DirectedBy = Ruth Pickett
|WrittenBy = Liam Williams
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==Reception==
After the first series premiered on iPlayer, Rebecca Nicholson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' published a review stating that Williams "captures the excruciating awkwardness of teenage life to a terrifying degree of accuracy", and that "it is full of moments that had [her] snorting with laughter". She added that ''Ladhood''{{'}}s "kind of northern teenage reminiscence is catnip", and that while "occasional moments are a little heavy on the archness", ''Ladhood'' has "intelligent, incisive humour that makes acute observations then takes them to the next level", and stated her interest in a second series.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nicholson |first1=Rebecca |title=Ladhood review – boisterous comedy smells like teen spirit ... and Lynx |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/24/ladhood-review-boisterous-comedy-smells-like-teen-spirit-and-lynx |accessdate=4 July 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616010723/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/24/ladhood-review-boisterous-comedy-smells-like-teen-spirit-and-lynx |url-status=live }}</ref> Hydall Codeen of ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' stated that ''Ladhood'' is "a topography of raw adolescent experience that will not just resonate with anyone who grew up in a small British town, but shed light on why they feel the way they do today".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Codeen |first1=Hydall |title='Ladhood' Nails Life as a Suburban Teenager in Early 2000s Britain |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/n7jbvw/ladhood-liam-williams-bbc-suburban-teenager-uk |accessdate=4 July 2020 |work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706193431/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/n7jbvw/ladhood-liam-williams-bbc-suburban-teenager-uk |url-status=live }}</ref> Bruce Dessau of ''Beyond the Joke'' commented that ''Ladhood'' displays "a type of laddish behaviour that has never gone away, but Williams puts his own deft spin on it". He added that "the dialogue is not always entirely convincing, but it is funny, with the references to [[Eminem]], [[Natasha Bedingfield]] and [[Shellsuit|shell suits]] striking a comedic nostalgic chord".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dessau |first1=Bruce |title=Review: Ladhood, BBC Three, Episode 4, Bedroom |url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/8034/review-ladhood |website=Beyond the Joke |date=24 November 2019 |accessdate=4 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705185349/https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/8034/review-ladhood |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon ''Ladhood'' being renewed for a second series, Shane Allen, Controller of Comedy Commissioning, commented: "''Ladhood'' has a terrific concept which audiences have found really engaging. Liam's deft writing manages to both excoriate and celebrate the trials and tribulations of those formative late teen years as he traces back the roots of the person he then became in adulthood. With a superb cast and a soundtrack to boot, this keeps the BBC Three comedy flame burning brighter than ever." Fiona Campbell, Controller of BBC Three, added: "''Ladhood'' is a brilliant series for BBC Three as it manages to perfectly blend nostalgia with the present day. With so many themes and stories that our audience recognises, and a strong sense of place and accents to boot, we can't wait for more."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/ladhood|title=Ladhood lands a second series|website=BBC Media Centre|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422183157/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/ladhood|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|11333564}}
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