'One tear-up lasted a day'

Quirky comedy Mr Bigstuff, starring Danny Dyer, is back for a second series. Here, the cast reveals what hijinks are in store

- WORDS: LAURA CARRENO-MÜLLER

Nudity, fights and secret kisses - Danny Dyer doesn't hold back in the second series of Mr Bigstuff.

His appearance in the first has already earned him the 2025 TV Bafta for Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. Now, the show returns with Danny and creator Ryan Sampson as chalk-and-cheese brothers Lee and Glen - two blokes bound by blood but tested by secrets and deep-rooted dysfunction.

Both actors were inspired by their own lives to nail the chaotic relationship. "They're at each other's throats, aren't they?" says Ryan, 39. "I have siblings, and we sometimes tear strips off each other."

Danny's real-life brother Tony provided some inspiration for Glen and his character Lee. "We're only 18 months apart but we're so different, a little bit like Lee and Glen. My brother hated football when he was a kid. His best friend was a girl and he loved playing with Barbies," Danny, 47, recalls. "He was the bane of my life because being in an East London school, he was being bullied for it and I was fighting his battles a lot. He's a straight man, but he wanted to play with dolls. There's nothing wrong with that at all."