The Inbetweeners

The Inbetweeners

The Inbetweeners is a British sitcom which aired for three series from 2008 to 2010 on E4. Created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, the show follows the life of suburban teenager Will , and three of his friends at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The Inbetweeners Movie was...

is an award-winning British adult sitcom written by Damon Beesley

Damon Beesley

Damon Beesley is an English writer and television producer, best known for his work on British comedy The Inbetweeners and New Zealand comedy Flight of the Conchords...

 and Iain Morris

Iain Morris

Iain Morris is an English writer and comedian. Morris is best known for writing The Inbetweeners with his writing partner Damon Beesley and co-hosting a show on London radio station XFM with stand-up Jimmy Carr...

, and broadcast on E4. The series follows the lives of four sixth form

Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...

 students – Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland. The series is narrated by Will (Simon Bird

Simon Bird

Simon Antony Bird is an actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for playing Will McKenzie in E4’s BAFTA-winning TV comedy The Inbetweeners.-Early life:...

), who acts as the programme's lead character.

The first series introduces the characters, following private school

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

-educated Will and his attempts to acclimatise to a comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

. Despite his status as a "briefcase mong

Mental retardation

Mental retardation is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors...

" with "clumpy shoes", he befriends Simon (Joe Thomas

Joe Thomas (actor)

Joseph "Joe" Thomas is an English actor perhaps best known for his role as Simon Cooper in the E4's comedy The Inbetweeners...

), Jay (James Buckley

James Buckley (actor)

James Patrick Buckley is an English actor, best known for his roles as Jay Cartwright in the British comedy The Inbetweeners and Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in Rock & Chips.-Early life:...

), and Neil (Blake Harrison

Blake Harrison

Blake Harrison is an English actor who is most well known for playing Neil Sutherland in the E4 comedy The Inbetweeners....

). Will's credibility increases in the first series, as he embarks on a short-lived relationship with Charlotte (Emily Atack

Emily Atack

Emily Jane Atack is a British actress best known for her role as Charlotte Hinchcliffe in the award winning E4 series The Inbetweeners. She also appeared in Heartbeat , Blue Murder and was featured in a number of lads' mags.Born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, she is the daughter of actress Kate...

). Simon's quest to seduce his childhood sweetheart

Childhood sweetheart

Childhood sweetheart is a reciprocating phrase for a relationship between young persons, traditionally of the opposite sex occurring in their formative years...

, Carli (Emily Head

Emily Head

Emily Rose Head is an English actress, best known for playing Carli D'Amato in E4's sitcom, The Inbetweeners.-Early life:Head was born in London on December 15, 1988 to parents Anthony Head and Sarah Fisher...

), is never completed – often due to Jay's intervention. Neil, however – despite being somewhat less intelligent than the other lads – spends a night with a goth

Goth subculture

The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...

 in Simon's car.

The first episode, "First Day", was shown on E4 on 1 May 2008. The first series consisted of six episodes and ran until 29 May 2008. The second series began on 2 April 2009 with "The Field Trip" and ran for six episodes, also on E4.

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
			Premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:...	Finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...	Region 2
	1	6
	2	6
	3	6

Series 1 (2008)

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Series 2 (2009)

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Series 3 (2010)

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