A scene from the Irish coming-of-age television sitcom, ‘The Young Offenders.’

One of the most basic elements in life that everyone strives to achieve is happiness, no matter what activities they engage in. That’s certainly the case for adventurous-and equally criminal-Cork-based teenagers, Conor MacSweeney and Jock O’Keeffe, on the coming-of-age television sitcom, ‘The Young Offenders.’

The Irish show, which was developed by Peter Foott, is based on the IFTA-winning 2016 film of the same name. Actors Alex Murphy and Chris Walley reprise their roles of main characters Conor and Jock, respectively, from the movie. Although they’re criminals, the friends have strong feelings about certain moral views.

The television series, which premiered in 2018 on RTÉ and BBC Three, is now airing on BBC One channel on Filmon TV. (Note that the BBC One channel is only available for free to viewers in the UK, and international users who have a paid subscription.) The next episode to air on Filmon will stream this afternoon at 4:30-5pm local time. It can be watched live, or recorded and watched at a later time.

Episode 4 of Series 3 of ‘The Young Offenders,’ which was written by Peter Foott, and directed by Simon Delaney, contains strong language. The episode follows Jock as he gets caught up in a row with a local tearaway. He’s left to reluctantly agree to a challenge each other through a boxing match.

The BBC One channel is notable for offering something of value for everyone with a range of high-quality, popular programming for a modern UK audience. The channel was named Channel of the Year at the 2007 Broadcast Awards. FilmOn is a popular streaming service that enables viewers to watch live and recorded UK and international television shows, movies and music videos in a variety of genres, including news, sports, drama, comedy, horror, lifestyle, shopping, pop, EDM and blues.

By Karen Benardello

As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.

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