Steve Coogan joins acclaimed BBC sitcom for season 2 guest role – see first look pictures

The BBC has unveiled first-look pictures for Funboys season 2, while also revealing that Steve Coogan has joined the cast in a guest role.

The comedy series, which premiered on BBC Three in February 2025, follows the misadventures of three best friends Callum (Ryan Dylan), Jordan (Rian Lennon) and Lorcan (Lee R James) in a small Northern Irish town.

Season 2 will pick up with the trio as they flounder their way into adulthood.

Coogan is set to play Phillip, a frustrated actor who works at a folk museum, where he plays the part of a pompous and cruel land steward (see above) - a role rather close to home and one which is "more just an excuse to let his pungent sadism run riot", according to the BBC.

The official synopsis for the third season reads: "After last year, tackling the weight of grief, suppository drugs and being a bastard, the gang have come out the other side all grown up. Callum’s (Ryan Dylan) trying out a lovely perm, Gemma (Ele McKenzie) and Lorcan (Lee R James) are smooching seven times a day, and it's been four months since Jordan’s (Rian Lennon’s) last full throated screaming strop with his Daddies. Things are bright in Ballymacnoose."

It continues: "But dark clouds loom! The gang belatedly get involved in Irish history and it's all down-hill from there. Bigotry, balding and competitive robot combat, if they aren’t careful the funboys are about to become the doneboys. Aghh!

"Will the soft kindness of their teletubby hearts overcome the scars of the past? Is Jordan losing his hair or is it, as he insists, just a double crown? Are the close-minded people of Ballymacnoose ready for Lorcan to explore previously uncharted territory in the love department? Is Lorcan even ready? Who’s exploring Lorcan’s departments? Aghh!"

Other returning cast members include Brian Devlin, Owen Colgan, Paul Bazely and Richard Croxford, while new additions alongside Coogan include Nicky Harley, Saorlaoith Brady, Lalor Roddy, Donal O’Hanlon and Amanda Doherty.

Executive Producer, Simon Mayhew-Archer of Mayhay Studios said in a statement: "Funboys is not a television series, it's a state of mind. We're extremely grateful to the BBC for helping us transmit such profound messaging to the wider public."

Lennon added: "If Funboys Season One was a freshly born fawn, skittering around in its own amniotic sack, then season two is a sinewy young buck galloping through forests thick, leaping into the unknown and screaming 'Hawwwwww!'"

Dylan added: "Please take your time with Funboys Series 2. Enjoy every suck, smack and sniff, and allow this succulent comedy to slide down your gullet and into your soul."

Transmission details will be announced at a later date.

Funboys season 1 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

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