We sat down with The Young Offenders on the set of the new TV adaptation

Des O’Driscoll joins the stars of The Young Offenders on the set of the new TV adaptation, launching on RTÉ next month

Des O’Driscoll joins the stars of The Young Offenders on the set of the new TV adaptation, launching on RTÉ next month

They say you should never meet your heroes. For the group of young lads who sidled up to The Young Offenders star Chris Walley during a break in filming for the upcoming BBC/RTÉ series, this proved to be very much the case. As Walley — he plays the tall one Jock — began to chat to the kids, he noticed their formerly-star-struck faces dropping to a communal quizzical frown. Then one of them piped up: “‘Jesus, boy, you don’t sound like Jock at all. You’re fierce posh in real life!” The bubble was burst.