Inbetweeners, The
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Synopsis
The BAFTA award winning E4 comedy The Inbetweeners is back for a third series, with more tales of awkwardness, idiocy and sexual misadventure from Will, Simon, Jay and Neil.



Now in their final year at school the boys are looking forward to a new era of respect, credibility, and, as the year 13 boys, “the pick of the birds”. Unfortunately nothing’s changed - Will will forever be known as the kid who shat himself in the exam, Jay is still up to his neck in imaginary clunge, Simon is trying to impress a new girl but can’t quite tear himself away from Carli and Neil is still insisting his dad’s not gay just because he plays badminton on a Tuesday. Being one year older hasn’t changed a thing – they are still idiots This year Simon gets an actual, breathing girlfriend. Not that he spends any less time with Will, Jay and Neil, who still manage to somehow tag along to everything. There’s some double-dating; a trip to their first proper gig, including a mosh pit and a visit to Warwick to meet the (terrifying) sister who is less than impressed with Tara’s new boyfriend and his idiotic mates. As well as this our boys get involved with the school fashion show (some more enthusiastically than others); Will is left home alone to look after the house for the weekend and the boys explore the great outdoors on a camping trip. Naturally none of these things go exactly to plan, and they are still “the inbetweeners” in that they don’t manage to drag themselves up to being cool, in fact they are getting perilously close to geekdom.

Duration
6 x 30'
Definition
SD
Genre
Comedy
Subgenre
Series
Producer
Bwark Productions
Production Year
2010
Awards

Best New TV Comedy, British Comedy Awards 2008 Best Male Comedy Newcomer (Simon Bird) British Comedy Awards 2008 Best New British TV Sitcom, The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2008 Best Comedy Show, TV Quick & TV Choice Awards 2009 Nominated for Best Situation Comedy, British Academy Television Awards 2009 Best TV Show, NME Awards 2010 Nominated for Best Situation Comedy, British Academy Television Awards 2010 YouTube Audience Award, British Academy Television Awards 2010 Best Situation Comedy, Rose d'Or Awards 2010 Best Sitcom, British Comedy Awards 2011 Digital Choice National Television Awards 2011 Nominated for Best Scripted Comedy, Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards 2011 Nominated for Best Comedy, Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards 2011 Nominated for Best Male Performance - James Buckley, BAFTA TV Awards 2011 Winner - Best Comedy Series - Broadcast Awards 2012

Press
Inbetweeners ends on a high 19 October, 2010 | By Michael Rosser MONDAY: The third series of E4 comedy The Inbetweeners drew to a close with record audience figures. The Bwark-produced sitcom has consistently broken previous records throughout its latest six-part run, not just for its own performance but also for E4, ranking as the highest-rated show in the history of the Channel 4-owned digital channel. The final episode was no exception, drawing 2.62m (12.9%) from 10pm to 10.35pm and a further 342,600 (3.3%) an hour-later on time-shifted E4+1, according to overnight Barb figures supplied by Attentional. The total of 2.96m (14.56%) overtook the 2.74m (13.24%) that tuned in to the penultimate instalment on 11 October. Across the series, which started on 13 September, it secured an average overnight audience of 2.45m (11.91%). Prior to its launch, the slot average for the year to date had been 347,500 (1.7%). It managed to beat all other multichannel competition in the slot and also surpassed audience figures for BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5, which all hovered around the million mark at the time. --------------------------------------------------------------- Another high for Inbetweeners 12 October, 2010 | By Michael Rosser MONDAY: E4 comedy The Inbetweeners has broken its own record for the highest-rated show in the history of the digital channel. The penultimate episode in the latest six-part series drew 2.43m (11.7%) to E4 from 10pm and a further 308,900 (2.91%) on time-shifted E4+1, according to official Barb figures supplied by Attentional. The total of 2.74m (13.24%) tops the previous overnight record of 2.6m (13.17%), recorded for the third episode of the Bwark-produced sitcom on 27 September. It trounced all other multichannel competition at the time and also beat BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5, which all failed to top the million mark. --------------------------------------------------------------- Inbetweeners breaks E4 records... again 28 September, 2010 | By Michael Rosser MONDAY: Teen comedy The Inbetweeners has broken its own ratings record, securing the highest viewing figures in E4’s history. The third episode of the half-hour sitcom drew 2.28m (11.5%) at 10pm and a further 322,500 (3.15%) on time-shifted channel E4+1 – a total of 2.6m (13.17%), according to overnight Barb figures supplied by Attentional. This tops its debut performance of 2.57m (12.48%) two weeks ago. The Bwark-produced comedy ruled the 10pm slot in multichannel and also managed to beat BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
Ratings

Having established a stong following, Season 3 of The Inbetweeners smashed the record for the series and for the E4 channel. Across the series, which started on 13 September, it secured an average overnight audience of
2.45m (11.91%). Prior to its launch, the slot average for the year to date had been 347,500 (1.7%). It managed to beat all other multichannel competition in the slot and also surpassed audience figures for BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5, which all hovered around the
million mark at the time.