Disney+ To Revive 'The Full Monty' As A Series

Disney+ recently made a radical adjustment to its programming standards in the U.S., putting serious parental controls in for the first time. Now a second radical change is coming to the streaming service, in the form of British programming mainstream audiences might actually want to watch, starting with a brand new The Fully Monty TV series. Set 25 years on from the original movie, the new limited series is bringing both British sensibilities and some promised male nudity to the family-friendly channel.

Those who follow British TV on streaming know that Disney+ has never been one of the necessary streaming services to watch British programming. Disney's other streamer, Hulu, has quite a bit of British content, both in its vast library of older shows and co-production deals with BBC 3 and other networks. However, besides The Beatles documentary, a few Disney Nature shows pulled from the BBC Attenborough library, and British actors doing American accented superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there's not been much for an anglophile on an American-focused company streaming service, until now.

The original 1997 film The Full Monty was a surprise hit in the U.S. when released. Centered around six unemployed steelworkers in Sheffield, the plot revolved around Gaz, who desperately needed to pay alimony to see his son. The group forms a male striptease act to raise money. The Full Monty went on to win the 1997 BAFTA Award for Best Film and garnered four Oscar nominations. It has also been adapted into a stage play, and an Americanized hit musical, where the steelworkers are from Buffalo, NY. The latter was nominated for nearly a dozen Tonys.