 The series was created by Danny Brocklehurst, whose previous credits including "Clocking Off", "The Stretford Wives" and "Shameless".The series, set in Manchester but filmed in Stockport, and stars Neil Dudgeon, Will Mellor, Hugo Speer, Cal MacAninch and Dean Lennox Kelly.The series achieved an average of four million viewers throughout its run, and was the only BBC drama series that year that achieved stronger ratings for its final episode than its first.