It's been 25 years since we saw a group of unemployed men perform an unlikely strip show in beloved British movie The Full Monty. A quarter of a century later and the gang are back on our screens with a sequel TV series of the same name, available to stream now on Disney Plus. Whilst there have been plenty of advancements in technology and more over those years, fundamentally the world hasn't changed and nor have these men. Having formed a strong community, they support each other as they navigate everyday life, facing similar issues to the ones they did 25 years ago.
It's a reminder that really nothing has changed although it should have, which is why now was the right time for The Full Monty to return. As Lesley Sharpe, who returns as Jean, tells GamesRadar+: "That's more or less what Simon [Beaufoy] felt when writing this series. He really wanted to take eight hours to look at a whole community and say 'oh my goodness'. What's brilliant is that he's not on the nose as a writer, he just tells his story and whilst watching it you realise the point that he's making. 25 years on there's still unemployment, a healthcare crisis, the education system isn't working - the same issues."
