147 - Frank Of Ireland

This week we review - Frank Of Ireland (Series 1 Episode 1)<br /><br />Frank Marron is a 32-year-old catastrophe. A misanthropic, narcissistic, fantasist in arrested development who thinks the world owes him something.<br /><br />Frank lives in Dublin with his mother Mary, he's single and his pocket money hasn't increased in a decade or more. Frank is a musician but he hasn't written a song or played a gig in seven years and five months.<br /><br />His ex-girlfriend Aine has a new boyfriend and Frank is finding this difficult to come to terms since they split up about seven years and five months ago, give or take a day.<br /><br />Frank's wingman, Doofus, foolishly thinks they are best friends and it's his job to attempt to fix the relentless debris in Frank's wake. It's a big job.<br /><br />Written by Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney<br />Produced by Rory Gilmartin<br />Directed by M J Delaney<br />A Merman Production for Amazon in association with Channel 4.<br />Frank Of Ireland is available here: <a href="https://bit.ly/3vQFuFt" rel="noopener">https://bit.ly/3vQFuFt</a><br /> <br />The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube.<br /> <br />Subscribe for a new episode each Monday.<br /> <br />Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.