Joe Gilgun (This is England), Michelle Keegan (Our Girl), Damien Molony (Ripper Street), Ruth Sheen and Tim Key are set to star in Brassic, a new original comedy from Sky co-created by Gilgun and BAFTA-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst. 

Production on the show will start in September for Sky and NOW TV. Written by Danny Brocklehurst (Safe), Brassic*, with its distinct northern flavour, is about a group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia.