The title 'Brassic' is an alternative spelling of 'boracic' as in boracic lint, a medical dressing whose name became rhyming slang for 'skint' (having no money).

Joseph Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst devised the series for Sky One, with Gilgun set to play the lead role Vinnie while Brocklehurst wrote the episodes' stories and scripts.

The fictional town of Hawley where the series is set was inspired by Gilgun's own experience growing up in Chorley.

The first two series were filmed in the Lancashire town of Bacup, and filming for the first series began in September 2018.

Locals in Bacup were caught off guard by the filming, with one resident recalling that Michelle Keegan was surrounded by security guards and traffic was disrupted by onlookers.

The Crows Nest pub scenes were filmed at The Star and Garter public house near Manchester Piccadilly station, while the opening car-chase scene of the first episode was shot in West Yorkshire, and a yacht journey scene was filmed at sea near Llandudno.

Gilgun revealed the cast and crew were 'kicked out' of a circus after just one day of filming because the venue was unaware of how many cast and crew the production would bring, forcing the remaining scenes to be filmed in a car park.

Filming for the second series had already begun before the first series even aired, under a previously confidential agreement with Sky.

With its seventh series, Brassic became the joint longest-running scripted series on Sky alongside Trollied.

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave the series four out of five stars, praising it as 'a hilarious, warm, brutal melange' with heart and authenticity.