Seven prime ministers and eight northern regeneration policies later. In other words 26 years after the movie The Full Monty was released amid the euphoria of Tony Blair's Labour landslide.
Things have now hit a bump, Sheffield is even more run down, even Brexit has failed to raise a cheer. Well the latter was always unlikely!
Down at the Big Bap cafe, the Full Monty gang hang around. Perplexed by new technology, political correctness and that a dog has won Britain's Got Talent.
After the opener, it is clear this is not going to be about the gang getting back together to take their clothes off once more.
Most of the characters look out of shape. Horse is in a mobility scooter, Gerald looks ill.
With the concentration on Gaz's (Robert Carlyle) daughter Destiny who bunks off school. Steals a Range Rover in a shopping mall car park and finds that the car inside it has a celebrity dog. It looked more like an episode of Waterloo Road or Ackley Bridge.
The school link is not really a recommendation and the plot contrivance regarding the dog took the biscuit.