Men Up

Men Up (2024)

In Morriston Hospital in Swansea in 1994 a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men stepped into the unknown by taking part in the world's first medical trials for the drug that became Viagra.

Date of release
2024-10-18
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama, History, TV Movie
Director
Ashley Way

Casting

Interesting facts

Men Up is a Welsh television film broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, about the first clinical trials for the drug viagra, which took place in Swansea in 1994. Russell T Davies is amongst the executive producers. The cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Alexandra Roach, Phaldut Sharma, Iwan Rheon, Steffan Rhodri and Joanna Page. It aired on 29 December 2023.

Production

The programme was written by Matthew Barry. Executive producers were Nicola Shindler and Davina Earl for Quay Street Productions, Rachel Evans for Boom, Matthew Barry, Russell T Davies and Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC. Men Up was directed by Ashley Way and produced by Karen Lewis.

In 2023 the cast was revealed to include Phaldut Sharma, Iwan Rheon, Mark Lewis Jones, Steffan Rhodri, Alexandra Roach and Joanna Page. Dyfan Dwyfor and Aneurin Barnard also appeared.

Filming took place in Swansea in early 2023.

Filming had wrapped before the end of May 2023.

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