Leonard & Hungry Paul comedy series coming to BBC
September 23, 2025
A new six-part comedy drama series, Leonard and Hungry Paul, narrated by Julia Roberts, is set to drop as a box set on iPlayer in the week commencing October 12th, and will premiere on BBC Two the following week.
Leonard & Hungry Paul follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties. Leonard, a ghost writer of children’s encyclopaedias, and Hungry Paul, a part-time postal worker who still lives at home, who meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines. The unexpected death of Leonard’s mother, the approaching wedding of Hungry Paul’s sister and a tentative new romance for Leonard, prompts both men to meet a world that is suddenly wider and full of unfamiliar possibilities.
The series stars Alex Lawther (The End Of The F***ing World, Alien: Earth) as Leonard, Laurie Kynaston (Fool Me Once, Sandman) as Hungry Paul and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (Derry Girls, Screw) as Shelley. The series is directed by Andrew Chaplin (Alma’s Not Normal).
Leonard And Hungry Paul is a Subotica production for BBC Northern Ireland in association with BBC Comedy, Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland and RTÉ, and a co-production with Avalon who will also distribute the show internationally. Based on the award-winning, best-selling novel of the same name by Rónán Hession, Leonard & Hungry Paul has been adapted for television by writers Richie Conroy and Mark Hodkinson.
The series was commissioned by Eddie Doyle, Senior Head of Commissioning, BBC Northern Ireland. The Executive Producers are Tristan Orpen Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan for Subotica, alongside in-house producer Natalie McAuley. Paula Warwick and Adam Barth are Executive Producers for Avalon, Production finance assistance provided by Marc Lorber, The Art of Coproduction. Kate McColgan is Executive Producer for Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland and other Executive Producers include Wally Hall, David Harari, Morwin Schmookler, Ross Boucher and George Rush. Mary McKeagney and Emma Lawson are Commissioning Editors for the BBC.
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