Pick of the week
Half Man
Richard Gadd’s first TV project since Baby Reindeer is a visceral drama likely to have a similar impact. Half Man is fictional but its exploration of agonised youth still packs a mighty punch. Playing out across two timelines, it stars Gadd and Jamie Bell as Ruben and Niall, “brothers from another lover” negotiating a toxic but weirdly tender relationship. When closeted teen Niall is forced to share a room and a school with swaggering, violent Ruben, it could be his worst nightmare. But it’s much more complex than that. The underlying trauma is rendered brilliantly by Mitchell Robertson as young Niall and Stuart Campbell, whose portrayal of Ruben overflows with alpha aggression and neediness.
BBC iPlayer, Friday 24 April
