The Comedy Series Brassic Calls it a Day with Influenced by Tarantino Finale

Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst are wrapping up on their comedy series about a close-knit group of endearing rogues causing chaos in a rural Lancashire town. You might expect the finale to be a greatest hits victory lap of booze, drugs and cheeky thievery. However, the atmosphere turns much more somber as Vinnie (Gilgun) and the gang hole up in a bar with gangster Davey MacDonagh for a final 50th installment seemingly influenced by Quentin Tarantino.

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