The Inbetweeners

This article is about the British TV series. For the American adaptation, see The Inbetweeners (American TV series). For the film, see The Inbetweeners Movie.

The Inbetweeners
Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Damon Beesley
  • Iain Morris
Directed by
Starring
Narrated bySimon Bird
Opening theme"Gone Up in Flames" (instrumental) by Morning Runner
ComposerMarsha Shandur
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Damon Beesley
  • Iain Morris
  • Caroline Leddy
ProducerChristopher Young
Cinematography
  • Rob Kitzmann
  • Jamie Cairney
  • Ben Wheeler
Editors
  • William Webb
  • Charlie Fawcett
  • Billy Sneddon
Running time22–25 minutes
Production companies
  • Bwark Productions[1]
  • Young Films
  • Entertainment Rights
Original release
NetworkE4
Release1 May 2008 (2008-05-01) –
18 October 2010 (2010-10-18)
Related
The Inbetweeners Movie
The Inbetweeners 2
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The Inbetweeners is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager William McKenzie (Simon Bird) and his friends Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison) and Jay Cartwright (James Buckley) at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The programme involves situations of school life, uncaring school staff, friendship, male bonding, lad culture and adolescent sexuality. Despite receiving an initially lukewarm reception, it has been described as a classic and amongst the most successful British sitcoms of the 21st century.[2]

The programme was nominated for Best Situation Comedy at BAFTA twice, in 2009 and 2010. At the British Academy Television Awards 2010, it won the Audience Award, the only category voted for by the public.[3] In the 2011 British Comedy Awards, the programme also won the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy.

The Inbetweeners Movie was released on 17 August 2011 to box office success, and a sequel followed on 6 August 2014.[4] An American version was broadcast on MTV, but was quickly axed after low ratings and poor critical reception.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bafta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Aroesti, Rachel (1 May 2018). "Puerile, provincial and prophetic: how the Inbetweeners became a classic". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The Thick Of It dominates Baftas". BBC News. 6 June 2010.
  4. ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (7 August 2014). "The Inbetweeners 2 smashes UK box office records". The Daily Telegraph.