[1][2][3] The majority of the original film was shot in the Sheffield area, and the TV series production returned to the city.

[4] The production also took in locations in the Greater Manchester area, including Oldham and Bolton.

[5] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 67% approval rating with an average rating of 5.70/10, based on 28 critic reviews.

The website's critics consensus reads, "The Full Monty threatens to reveal the emperor has no clothes in a silver screen transition that yields mostly diminishing returns, although there's still pleasure to be had in the company of these hardscrabble chums.

"[6] Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 19 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".