{"id":560840,"date":"2026-07-21T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560840\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:04:10","slug":"outstanding-90s-british-classic-that-everyone-should-see-is-now-streaming-on-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560840\/","title":{"rendered":"“Outstanding” ’90s British classic that “everyone should see” is now streaming on the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Full Monty, the “outstanding” British classic from the 1990s, is now streaming for free in the UK. Released in 1997 and set in Sheffield, the film follows six men as they form a male striptease group to earn some money. <\/p>\n

Directed by Peter Cattaneo and written by Simon Beaufoy, the film boasts an impressive British cast including Robert Carlyle, Paul Barber, Steve Huison, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson and Mark Addy.<\/p>\n

After airing yesterday on BBC One,The Full Monty is now available to stream for free on iPlayer for those with a TV license. <\/p>\n

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A commercial success, the film became a big hit after its release, grossing $257 million at the box office on a modest budget of $3.5 million.<\/p>\n

The film was also popular among fans and critics. On Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, it has a score of 96% from 55 reviews, and on IMDb<\/a> it has a user rating of 7.2\/10. <\/p>\n

One user<\/a> wrote: “With top-notch performances by Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Steve Huison, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer, this is one movie that everyone should see. It’s not only funny, but takes a look at the dying dream of eternal success.”<\/p>\n

Another user<\/a> called the film “outstanding”, adding: “This is one of the most funny, touching and interesting British films for ages.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Line of Duty star’s “excellent” Nottingham-set comedy-drama is now streaming for free in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n

“This film is a very funny view of a struggling community in what was once a thriving city. Great characters, slick and realistic dialogue and great direction, this is one of the finest British comedies ever,” penned a third<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One fan<\/a> of the film added: “No matter how many times I’ve seen it, and there’s been lots, I laugh so hard it hurts. The characters are so endearing, especially little Nathan, that you just love them all.”<\/p>\n

The Full Monty is available on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

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Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n

Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Full Monty, the “outstanding” British classic from the 1990s, is now streaming for free in the UK.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[131124,1105,237041,1107,93,61,60,184510,1135,270,237040,223989],"class_list":["post-560840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-a835cd17-9702-4f36-a240-695d2ec23415","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-outstanding-90s-british-classic-now-streaming-on-the-bbc","tag-sponsored-false"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}