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The Inbetweeners
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Title card
Written byDamon Beesley[1]
Iain Morris[1]
Directed byGordon Anderson
StarringSimon Bird
Joe Thomas
James Buckley
Blake Harrison
Opening themeMorning Runner – "Gone Up in Flames"
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerChristopher Young
Production locationLondon
Camera setupJacob Friett
Running time21-24 minutes
Production companyBwark Productions[2]
Original release
NetworkE4,
Channel 4
Release1 May 2008 –
present

The Inbetweeners is a BAFTA-nominated British sitcom about a group of teenage friends struggling through sixth form at school. Written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, the show was originally produced for the digital terrestrial television channel E4.[3] E4 originally aired the first series in May 2008, and Channel 4 also broadcast it in November that year. The series, set in a typical suburb of outer London, follows Will (Simon Bird), who left a private school to go to Rudge Park Comprehensive due to his recently divorced mother's financial troubles.[4]

The second series began screening in the UK on 2 April 2009 and finished on 7 May 2009. A third series has been commissioned by E4 to air in 2010.[5] [6]

The show's writers have also confirmed that they are penning a film version of the series.[7]

History

YOUR MUM

Cast

Main article: List of The Inbetweeners characters

Episodes

Main article: List of The Inbetweeners episodes

Episodes of the first and second series can be viewed by United Kingdom and viewers through Channel 4's service, 4oD.[8] and YouTube's Shows program. Individual episodes are also available to purchase and download for registered users of the UK iTunes Store.[9] both series are now also available on SeeSaw.

Location

YOUR MUM

Music

YOUR MUM

DVD releases

The Inbetweeners Series One was released on DVD on 2 June 2008, four days after the first series finished. The British Board of Film Classification awarded it an 18 certificate.[10] Special features include audio commentaries by the writers, cast and producer, video diaries from the four main cast members, a making-of documentary, deleted scenes and a feature entitled "Meet the cast".

Series Two was released on 18 May 2009. Special features are "Day in the life of" video diaries by the four main actors, a "Littlehampton featurette", a "Meet the Team" featurette, a Mr Gilbert interview, Easter Eggs, deleted scenes and outakes.

Film

In September 2009, Beesley and Morris confirmed that a film had been commissioned by Film4 and the story will revolve around the four lads going on holiday to Magaluf.[11] The creators also stated that Simon Bird (Will) and Joe Thomas (Simon) had written a script for the film which was said to be "annoyingly funnier" than theirs.

US adaptation

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley have been asked by the American Broadcasting Company to produce a pilot for a U.S. version of the series. They will be head writers for the project. The network has given Morris and Beesley a second blind script commitment for a future project the two will create. Both projects will be made at ABC Studios.[12]

Reception

The first series began on 1 May 2008, with the pilot episode garnering 238,000 viewers.[13] The series averaged 459,000 viewers,[14] with 474,000 viewers watching the series finale.[15] The Inbetweeners received two nominations at the British Comedy Awards; the show was nominated for "Best New British Television Comedy (Scripted)" and Simon Bird won the award for "Best Male Comedy Newcomer".[16] Both won their respective categories.[17] The show was also voted by the British Comedy Guide website as the "Best New British TV Sitcom 2008".[18] It was nominated for "Best Situation Comedy" at the British Academy Television Awards 2009,[2] ultimately losing out to The IT Crowd.[19]

The first episode of series two, which aired on E4 at 10 p.m. (BST) 2 April 2009, averaged 958,000 viewers,[13] with another 234,000 viewers watching at 11 p.m. on the time-shift channel E4+1 meaning it was watched by 1.2 million, the highest audience of 2009 for E4.[15]

Joe McNally, writing for The Independent, commends an "exquisitely accurate dialogue, capturing the feel of adolescence perfectly"[20] and Will Dean of The Guardian comments that the show "captures the pathetic sixth-form male experience quite splendidly".[21] The series is often contrasted with E4's successful Teen drama, Skins, commentators noting that The Inbetweeners satirises what teenage years are more frequently like rather than what you would wish them to be.[22][23]

A third series has been announced for broadcast sometime in 2010 according to Louise Bendall. The third series will start filming in April 2010.[24]

Ratings

Series 1

  • First Showing
Date Episode Viewers[25] E4
Rank
1 May 2008 First Day 240,000 -
1 May 2008 Bunk Off 321,000 #8
8 May 2008 Thorpe Park 305,000 #10
15 May 2008 Girlfriend 436,000 #8
22 May 2008 Caravan Club 432,000 #6
29 May 2008 Xmas Party 422,000 #7
  • Rerun
Date Episode Viewers[25] E4
Rank
14 May 2009 First Day 638,000 #2
21 May 2009 Bunk Off 563,000 #1
28 May 2009 Thorpe Park 528,000 #6
4 June 2009 Girlfriend 620,000 #6
11 June 2009 Caravan Club 653,000 #1
18 June 2009 Xmas Party 591,000 #4

Series 2

Date Episode Viewers
(millions) 		E4
Rank
2 April 2009 The Field Trip 1.21 #1
9 April 2009 Work Experience 1.18 #1
16 April 2009 Will's Birthday 1.05 #1
23 April 2009 Night Out in London 1.02 #1
30 April 2009 The Duke of Edinburgh Awards 1.21 #1
7 May 2009 Exam Time 1.21 #2

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Deacon, Michael (27 March 2009). "Interview: Simon Bird and Joe Thomas on The Inbetweeners". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b Nissim, Mayer (24 March 2009). "BAFTA TV Awards 2009: The Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  3. ^ Hanks, Robert (2 May 2008). "Last Night's TV: The Invisibles BBC1, The Inbetweeners E4". The Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  4. ^ "The Inbetweeners". inthenews.co.uk. 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  5. ^ http://www.tv.com/the-inbetweeners-get-a-third-series/story/17024.html?tag=news_list;title;3
  6. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a169147/inbetweeners-gets-third-series.html
  7. ^ "The Inbetweeners". 2009-09-09.
  8. ^ "What's on Channel 4 on Demand: The Inbetweeners". Channel 4. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  9. ^ Bwark Productions Ltd. "The Inbetweeners., Series 1" (note: Requires iTunes software with UK iTunes Store). iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  10. ^ "The Inbetweeners - DVD extra's". The BBFC. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  11. ^ "Channel 4 develops film of The Inbetweeners". Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference hollywoodreporter1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ a b French, Dan (3 April 2009). "New 'Inbetweeners' draws 958,000 for E4". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  14. ^ West, Dave (5 June 2008). "E4 takes second series of 'Inbetweeners'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  15. ^ a b Rogers, Jon (3 April 2009). "The Inbetweeners makes 1.2m laugh". Broadcast. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  16. ^ "The Nominees 2008". British Comedy Awards. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  17. ^ "The Winners 2008". British Comedy Awards. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  18. ^ "British Comedy Guide Awards 2008". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
  19. ^ "Bafta TV Awards 2009: The winners". BBC Entertainment. BBC. 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  20. ^ McNally, Joe (19 May 2008). "You Write The Reviews: The Inbetweeners". The Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  21. ^ Dean, Will (8 May 2008). "Sitcom surbubia with spots". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  22. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/apr/03/inbetweeners-skins-teen-realism
  23. ^ http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/inbetweeners/interview/
  24. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a169147/inbetweeners-gets-third-series.html
  25. ^ a b Weekly Top 10 Programmes. Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved on 17 June 2009.
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