I'm a bit late to discovering this but I've recently watched the TV series of Leonard & Hungry Paul on BBC Iplayer. I think it was released in 2025 and it's based on a book that came out in 2019.
It's a really gentle, interesting comedy about two thirtysomething male friends who live in a Dublin suburb. Leonard is a ghostwriter at a children's publisher who lived with his mother until she passed away, Hungry Paul is a part-time postal worker who lives with his parents.
There's been lots of discussion about the autism coding in the series, particularly with Hungry Paul, who loves silence, hates speaking to people, has very particular routines and tastes. The author has deflected questions about whether or not he is meant to be autistic, but lots of autistic viewers have claimed him.
It's a really sweet, gentle story about male friendship, finding simple ways to be happy, and different ways of being in the world.
Has anyone else seen it or read the book? I think a second series has been filmed already.
