The Inbetweeners 

Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.

Stars:

Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison

13 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Simon Bird	...	Will 18 episodes, 2008-2010
James Buckley	...	Jay 18 episodes, 2008-2010
Blake Harrison	...	Neil 18 episodes, 2008-2010
Joe Thomas	...	Simon 18 episodes, 2008-2010
Greg Davies	...	Mr. Gilbert 13 episodes, 2008-2010
Emily Head	...	Carli / ... 10 episodes, 2008-2010
Martin Trenaman	...	Mr. Cooper / ... 10 episodes, 2008-2010
Belinda Stewart-Wilson	...	Polly McKenzie / ... 10 episodes, 2008-2010
Robin Weaver	...	Pamela Cooper / ... 9 episodes, 2008-2010
Henry Lloyd-Hughes	...	Mark Donovan 9 episodes, 2008-2010

Storyline

The exploits of four friends, who are socially only marginally above what one of them calls "the freaks", are presented as they grow from their late teen years into adults and as they go on their quest, usually unsuccessfully, for such grown up things as beer and sex. Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland have been friends for some time. Insecure Simon's main quest in life is to get long time friend, Carli D'Amato, to be his girlfriend. Jay is the big talker whose stories, especially about his sexual conquests, are more fantasy than reality. And slightly dim-witted Neil is generally two steps behind everyone else in comprehension of life, and who is always defending his father from beliefs that he's a closet homosexual. Into the group comes its fourth member, Will McKenzie, who met them when he transferred into their school, Rudge Park Comprehensive, at the start of sixth form, as Will's newly divorced mum could no longer afford his private school tuition. Nerdish and ...

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Plot Keywords:

bully | black comedy | drinking | frustration | clumsiness | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matt Smith, who later became the eleventh Dr. Who auditioned for the role of Will, but lost out to Simon Bird. Iain Morris recalled - "He was brilliant - down to the last two for Will, I think. I think he was a bit too dashing! That's why he'll be brilliant in Doctor Who (2005) - he's got something sort of heroic about him. He had the humour, but what I think Simon Bird has got is a sort of vulnerability and so when he's doing these terrible rants at people, you know he's the loser! Whereas there's something very leading man and heroic about Matt Smith."

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Goofs

The registration plates on the front and back of Simon's car are different throughout all episodes where the car is seen.

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Alternate Versions

The version aired in the USA censors "f*ck", giving it a TV-14.

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Connections

Referenced in Diminishing Returns: Bridget Jones's Diary (2016)

User Reviews

Hilarious and truer than we'd often want to admit.

A couple of mates with similar senses of humour got me into this during the second series and I have gone back and unearthed the first series. Well worth the effort! British comedy is alive and well in the cult shadows! This is hilarious because it represents a comedic image of how tragic most of our lives were as teenagers. It pulls off the awesome trick of being cool whilst proudly boasting central characters who aren't cool. They're not always nice, even. But they ARE true - and you've gotta love 'em for it! Check this out and laugh your nuts off, whilst guiltily hiding the fact that you were either as lovable yet pathetic as the heroes or as cool, snide and, deep-down, insecure as the bullies.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Inbetweeners

Filming Locations:

4 Whitley Close, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bwark Productions, Kapital Entertainment, Young Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (12 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9