The Inbetweeners (UK): Season 1

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The Inbetweeners: Will's Dilemma

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E4 | BBC America | Season Premiere Date: May 1, 2008

Starring: James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Simon Bird (II)

Summary: Will (Simon Bird) is the new kid who transfers in from private to public school and finds it difficult to adjust as he eventually joins a group of outcasts.

Creator: Damon Beesley and Iain Morris

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E12. The Dance
Air Date: August 20, 2012
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S1:E11. Spa Time
Air Date: October 29, 2012
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S1:E6. Xmas Party
Air Date: May 29, 2008

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Jessica Shaw

He's got a briefcase, a superhot mom, and three new buddies in social purgatory. Definite cult-show potential. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Little is off limits in terms of subject matter either; in two of the first three episodes people with disabilities are the focus of pivotal jokes. But it’s a mark of the show’s intelligence that in both cases it is Will who ends up humiliated. Read full review

Rob Owen

It's occasionally randy and sophomoric, but there are also some smarts and heart mixed in. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

It is, like much British comedy, unabashedly vulgar where its American cousins are relatively coy, an attitude that feels alternately trying and refreshingly healthy. You will recall that the Puritans brought their neuroses here. The kids, or rather the young adults playing the kids, are all very good. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

It’s a coming of age comedy that’s raunchy and sophomoric, but, as is typical with Apatow products, it’s also character-based and at times kind of touching. Read full review

Brian Lowry

The show has already received considerable acclaim in the U.K. (including the 2008 British Comedy Award), a level of praise that seems a bit generous; still, in the long continuum of teen comedies, "Inbetweeners" does qualitatively register toward the high end of the scale. Read full review

Lily Moayeri

Every cheap sexual innuedndo, obvious adolscent pun, and cliched puerile situation is exploited here. [Holiday 2009, p.86]

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Paxster

Oct 11, 2010

One of the best British television show in years, if not ever. It's broken down the barrier that really crude comedy cannot be on television. Maybe thats exactly what teenagers and even some of their parents want more of. It is surely one of the most quotable television shows of all timeOne of the best British television show in years, if not ever. It's broken down the barrier that really crude comedy cannot be on television. Maybe thats exactly what teenagers and even some of their parents want more of. It is surely one of the most quotable television shows of all time ('Bus Wankers,'Coque Au Vain') and contrasts with channel 4's other TV show Skins in that it portrays a real teenage lifestyle rather than a Utopian/Dystopian one. Vulgarity has never been so smart and toilet humour never so wanted by the British public.… Expand

8 of 8 users found this helpful80

Xand

Aug 15, 2018

Best TV Show ever! I felt a hole in my heart when I finished to watch it. Funniest serie in history

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CraigM.

Jan 27, 2010

One of the funniest shows you'll watch this year.

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dnfstorm

Oct 13, 2010

Easily the funniest UK programme I have ever seen, better than the greats of Blackadder, Fawlty towers and even Only fools in my eyes, love this and deserves a metascore of 100 easily.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

VisserEight

Mar 9, 2012

One of the best show to come out of the UK for years, I know many of the reviewers said that, but it's true.
amazingly outrageous, yet believable character and a fabulous plot with twists you will never expected, all while mixing the sweet and mostly sour teenage life together. I actuallyOne of the best show to come out of the UK for years, I know many of the reviewers said that, but it's true.
amazingly outrageous, yet believable character and a fabulous plot with twists you will never expected, all while mixing the sweet and mostly sour teenage life together. I actually cringed several times while watching the show just because of how painfully embarrassing the situation in the show was.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

JaySupertramp

Feb 8, 2012

Season 1: Absolutely hilarious. These four guys try to manage their life in and out of shool. First contacts to girls and alcohol included... Brilliant and way to short !

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

arman200

Nov 2, 2012

It's the kind of show wherein characters never really grow from their mistakes, and never really find an ounce of what they want, because their desires are very simple. I like the cast, and the choice of music is often nice, but the show isn't particularly funny, and there's really noIt's the kind of show wherein characters never really grow from their mistakes, and never really find an ounce of what they want, because their desires are very simple. I like the cast, and the choice of music is often nice, but the show isn't particularly funny, and there's really no growth. I see potential in each episode in the building blocks of every misstep for each character, but it never really pays off in laughs.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 13, 2010
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 2, 2009
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 1, 2008
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  S1:E12. The Dance
  Air Date: August 20, 2012
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  S1:E11. Spa Time
  Air Date: October 29, 2012
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  S1:E6. Xmas Party
  Air Date: May 29, 2008
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  S1:E5. Caravan Club
  Air Date: May 22, 2008
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  S1:E4. Girlfriend
  Air Date: May 15, 2008
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  S1:E3. Thorpe Park
  Air Date: May 8, 2008
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  S1:E2. Bunk Off
  Air Date: May 1, 2008
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  S1:E1. First Day
  Air Date: May 1, 2008