07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow roads will be closed to allow TV series filming
Half Man, which is an 'original six-episode drama' from the multi-award-winning Richard Gadd, is being shot in and around the city.
Due to the filming, Glasgow City Council has revealed multiple roads across the city will be shut.
Several roads will also be hit with waiting, loading, and unloading bans.
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Here are all the roads which will be restricted:
Prohibition of waiting, loading, and unloading from 3pm on May 10 until 8pm on May 12:
Vinicombe Street, between property number four and Cranworth Street
Prohibition of waiting, loading, and unloading from 3pm on May 10 until 8pm on May 12:
Cranworth Street between Vinicombe Street and Creswell Street
Creswell Street between Burgh Lane and Cranworth Lane (north side of the road only).
Prohibition of vehicle movements by stop and go (two mins max wait) from 9am on May 12 until 8pm on May 12:
Cranworth Street between Cresswell Street and Vinicombe Street
Vinicombe Street between Kersland Street and Byres Road
Prohibition of waiting, loading and unloading from 3pm on May 26 until 8pm on May 30:
Govan Road between Harmony Row and Burleigh Street (south side only)
Harmony Row between Govan Road and Burleigh Street (east side only)
Burleigh Street for its full length
Prohibition of vehicle movements from 8am on May 27 until 8pm on May 30:
Burleigh Street for its full length
Prohibition of vehicle movements by the traffic management stop-and-go from 8am on May 27 until 8pm on May 30:
Govan Road between Harmony Row and Burleigh Street
Prohibition of pedestrian movements from 8am on May 27 until 8pm on May 30:
Burleigh Street for its full length (north side only)
Govan Road between Harmony Row and Burleigh Street (southside only)
READ MORE: Huge actor to star in new series being filmed in Glasgow
In February, we reported how the BBC and HBO announced further casting for Half Man.
The brand-new show is currently being filmed in and around Glasgow.
In the programme, Gadd will star alongside BAFTA-award-winning actor Jamie Bell as the pair will play estranged brothers Ruben and Niall respectively.
The BBC and HBO have announced further casting for Half Man (Image: PA) Bell, 38, is known for featuring in several films and TV shows, including Billy Elliot, Fantastic Four, Skin, Jumper, and All of Us Strangers.
The show will cover the highs and lows of the brothers' relationship, from their meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults, with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way.
It will also capture the 'wild energy' of a changing city and a changing world, and try to get to the bottom of the difficult question of: What does it mean to be a man?
The cast for the show includes Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, Amy Manson, Philippine Velge, Stuart McQuarrie, Piers Ewart, Scot Greenan, Charlotte Blackwood and Callum Manchip.
It was also previously confirmed that Mitchell Robertson and Stuart Campbell will play Naill Robertson and Ruben Campbell in their younger years in the show.
The exciting new show will air in 2026 on BBC iPlayer, BBC One, and BBC Scotland in the UK, and on HBO in the US.
