The Young Offenders

The Young Offenders is an Irish coming-of-age television sitcom, developed by Peter Foott, for RTÉ2 and BBC Three. Based on the IFTA-winning 2016 film of the same name, the first series began broadcasting on 1 February 2018, to generally favourable reviews. The show stars Alex Murphy and Chris Walley as the main characters, reprising their roles of Conor MacSweeney and Jock O'Keefe from the film, respectively, with supporting roles featured from Hilary Rose, Dominic MacHale, P. J. Gallagher, Jennifer Barry, Demi Isaac Oviawe and Shane Casey. Prior to the successful six-episode first series coming to an end, the programme was recommissioned for a second series.