The Inbetweeners (2008–2010) User Reviews

You will laugh your a** off!

[arj-8 · 9/10 · 11 June 2008]

i watched this for the first time with low expectations despite seeing the adverts for it on e4 i thought that it couldn't be as funny as it looked.

How wrong i was this is a hilarious take on growing up as a teenager no matter where your from everyone can relate to the story. Everyone has a mate who over exaggerates on their sexual exploits! Not to give too much away but i would definitely recommend that you give this a go!

I think if this is seen on a mainstream channel this could be a serious hit!

I challenge someone to watch this and try not to laugh, i failed after about 2minutes!

Glorious unapologetic filth

[Ruskington · 8/10 · 24 April 2020]

There is nothing original, subtle or profound about The Inbetweeners. In fact, it would rank as one of the most crass, vulgar and shameless comedies that has ever been made, often crossing the line into 'barely acceptable' territory. And this is exactly why I love it. Pure unadulterated indecency has it's place in the world of comedy, and few shows have ever pulled it off quite as well as The Inbetweeners. The combination of a brilliant cast, simple yet brutal writing and a nice middle-class suburban backdrop make for one of the most watchable comedies in the history of UK television. I appreciate it's brevity, at just 18 short episodes, which help preserve its quality and originality. I also like the fact that it came just before the social media explosion of the 2010s, which has allowed it to capture the simpler times before the era of attention-seeking conceited behaviour pervaded teenage culture.

Strangely realistic

[Mark-1384 · 9/10 · 2 June 2008]

It's a common problem of sitcoms that they strain credibility so far in the search for laughs that I have to turn off in irritation. The Inbetweeners manages the twin achievements of a very realistic portrait of horny teenage boys and *funny*. Perhaps because of the commitment to reality. For example, the boys actually talk like me and my mates did at that age; no fecks or fudging, if you know what I mean.

The characters are finely observed, from the clever-ish but slightly pretentious Will to the potty mouthed Jay, and superbly acted; no Eastenders hamming here.

This should be a massive hit, if it gets shown on a major channel.

Comedy genius

[MAYESY-44 · 10/10 · 26 May 2020]

You can't get much better than this comedy series, easy watch, full of laughs and great characters.

Most rewatchable show ever!

[gustavdahlbergh · 10/10 · 8 July 2020]

This is simply the best comedy series of all time! The humor and jokes just never becomes boring and you can watch it over and over again. The only bad thing about this series is that it's only 18 episodes.

If you are in need of a laugh just turn on the inbetweeners and I promise you that it won't disappoint.

My favorite series of all time! I can only rate it 10/10 because of the rewatch value it offers.

The best TV comedy for 2008!

[russellcarvell · 10/10 · 20 October 2008]

The story revolves around Will, a 6th year student who changes school, and tries to 'fit in' with a bunch of equally geeky types. This series made me laugh out loud several times per episode, which is a rare thing for me. It recaptures all the embarrassing awkwardness of late-teen school, where boys are just preoccupied with self-image, and getting laid. This series is very cleverly written, with lots of painful observations, and excellent characters, brilliantly played. I gave it ten out of ten, as nothing has come close to beating it this year. I would've given it 11, it's THAT good. We eagerly await a second series, and it can't come quick enough.

Too many laughs yet only 18 episodes is heartbreaking

[naumanmadridista · 10/10 · 1 June 2020]

The show literally deserves so much more fame with higher rating and I don't know how things are not like that because this squad is FIT. There was so much potential for the show but alas! The show lasted not for long. I wasn't on the 4th episode and I started grieving about how soon is this hilarious show is going to end. Chemistry is perfect between these 4. I got to know about British people more. It's so good.

the new generation comedy, fresh.

[kern321 · 10/10 · 16 May 2008]

The Inbetweeners is a breath of fresh air to comedy programs, not over the top stupidity, nor do you have to be at all intellectual to find it funny, the plot revolves around 4 young students entering sixth form and follows there days as your average teenager, its the great mix of characters which makes this worth your time in watching as i'm sure most people can relate to one of the 4, based in the UK the "average" group of friends find them selves in all sorts of awkward, embarrassing and often hilarious moments which all of us would have probably encountered sometime or another in our teen years,I hope to see more of these new actors in the future, this series is just what we needed, a comedy of the new generation.

Very FUNNY with great story line!!!! A+

[go-harryo · 10/10 · 25 December 2010]

I watched this show by accident, thought it was something else. I was immediately hooked and wanted more. Unfortunately, out here in America we only get an edited cut down version, so I had to start searching online for complete original UK versions. It was not easy to find but was well worth the effort. Now I understand they have begun to make an American version; No way in "hell" will it be able to stand up to the original UK series. The show has non stop laughs and situations that almost anyone can relate to. Hopefully the American version doesn't hurt the good name "The Inbetweeners". Also wish channel4.com would allow streaming on demand in for us fans in the US. BEWARE if you watch one episode, you'll be an instant fan. Great job channel 4!!!

The Inbetweeners- Witty and Funny

[mancheva-vassilena · 10 November 2010]

The Inbetweeners for me is a quality, witty, and funny situation comedy, that tackles teenager's issues ( such as relationships, friendships, sexuality, alcohol and drug abuse) in a very comic way. It's well scripted, and the choice of actors is good as well. The misfortunes that keep happening to the main four characters(Will, Jay, Simon and Neil) entertain us- the audience, and keep us laughing pretty much throughout the whole programme. Every new commissioning of the programme series is well accepted of the viewers. I think that a reason for this is that each one of us has once been a teenager, and engages themselves with the lives of these characters.

Very unique style of unapologetic, crude humour.

[kezman436 · 7/10 · 28 May 2020]

Certainly one of the funniest shows I've ever seen; season 3 is probably the best one. The farcical struggles of these common teenagers can be quite hysterical to witness, as things keep going wrong for them. Nevertheless, their problems and wants are quite relatable. The dialogue is very witty and fast-paced, with plenty of great insults and crude jokes constantly being tossed around between these four characters.

I thought it was marred slightly by its repetition. Every episode follows a similar sort of formula; sometimes it can get a bit tiresome watching the characters chasing the same exact things each episode, and always failing horribly, time after time.

Additionally, the writing can be quite contrived. Things happen which are completely implausible actions for the characters to take The script needs them to be idiots, and for things to go wrong, and incorporating this can feel so forced at times.

Some jokes/moments were a bit too gross-out for my liking. In particular, Season 3 Episode 5. Whilst I enjoyed this episode, I felt like they made the characters seem a bit too depraved and selfish. I understand that they are always mocking each other, but some things they do in this episode made me question how they could realistically be friends, or why I should still root for them as protagonists.

Overall, it's uniquely and delightfully crude. I would recommend it.

Hilarious and truer than we'd often want to admit.

[it001k0306 · 10/10 · 28 April 2009]

A couple of mates with similar senses of humour got me into this during the second series and I have gone back and unearthed the first series. Well worth the effort! British comedy is alive and well in the cult shadows! This is hilarious because it represents a comedic image of how tragic most of our lives were as teenagers. It pulls off the awesome trick of being cool whilst proudly boasting central characters who aren't cool. They're not always nice, even. But they ARE true - and you've gotta love 'em for it! Check this out and laugh your nuts off, whilst guiltily hiding the fact that you were either as lovable yet pathetic as the heroes or as cool, snide and, deep-down, insecure as the bullies.

and a half

[Headturner1 · 6/10 · 13 January 2022]

Some episodes were 8 some 5 and so on but overall I enjoyed it. Simon Bird is Mitchell in Peep show in this. I had to google if they were related after and I've never noticed it before. The excessive amount of poo , fart, wank jokes went overboard. They were the least funny thing about it. I quite liked it because of Birds character being s much like a young Mark from peep show. I didn't like the other characters as much ( the very tall one ) was good, forgot his name. Overall good but would have been better minus all the excessive use of the things I mentioned.

One side to the jokes

[con-fan · 4/10 · 9 January 2022]

I watched some of this show for the strong points, as I generally like British comedies. Greg Davies as headmaster was good, as usual. I liked the character of Will from the first scenes, and the interaction of the different friends at that age, but it was just too much after awhile with the non-stop gross humor and one-sided focus of the boys, every scene had something to do with trying to get any female to have sex or masturbation. The way they talked in general and especially about Will's mother was really disgusting, and then a low point was the scene at the old folks home. You had to laugh at times just because it was just so gross what was being said or done but it was too much for me, and the characters had no depth and nothing is developed as far as their other interests or challenges. The jokes also were based a lot on making fun of people being old, disabled, fat, or homosexual etc. Which I found offensive. I had to stop watching. I guess this kind of really crude humor appeals to many people, because the show was highly rated as British comedy of the year.

I wish it never ended!

[akrbush · 10/10 · 29 March 2016]

These 4 are really the best! A very funny show. Love the chemistry between the actors. I wish we got to see them grow into adulthood together. Maybe have a show when they are uni or something. It' s a really crazy show. I love how when you watch TV it's to forget about everything else. This show does that to you. You sit and have a good laugh and you know you can never be disappointed!! Great job guys! We need shows like this today. I believe if the show came out in 2016 instead of 2008 more people would have watched it and commented on it! shame it ended in 2012.I haven't seen the movies yet. Will def watch them tonight. Thank you NEtflix for this!

Definitely not for the faint hearted, gut bustingly hilarious for everyone else

[wellthatswhatithinkanyway · 9/10 · 23 August 2009]

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning

Will (Simon Bird) is a privately educated, well spoken young man who for reasons beyond his own control is moved to a state comprehensive school, where his middle class mannerisms and appearance gain him a less than warm welcome from the other pupils. However, he soon makes some new 'friends' in the shape of Jay (James Buckley) a rather unpleasant young man with a disturbing obsession with all things sexual, Neil (Blake Harrison) a gormless looking young man whose father displays unfortunate homosexual tendencies and Simon (Joe Thomas) the most well rounded of the trio and their only means of getting around with his 'sh!tty little yellow car', the uncoolest yellow vehicle in a British sitcom since Del Boy's Reliant Robbin. We follow this comically mismatched group around as they stumble from one misadventure to another with hilarious consequences.

It's interesting to note the path British sitcoms have taken in the last thirty years or so, from being the sort of stuff you could comfortably show repeats of on daytime telly nowadays to the alternative comedy that tends to find it's slot late at night on Channel 4. Art imitates life, though, not the other way round, and so this is really just a reflection on changing social attitudes and society in general more than anything. And so we have The Inbetweeners, which hits you like a hammer with it's sheer excessiveness, which, shockingly just makes it even funnier.

It's actually quite a high concept idea of a posh looking/speaking young man and placing him with ordinary looking teenagers of today, and even more subversive to make everything so gratuitous. But clever writing makes this show as much as anything else, coming mainly from Bird's continuous voice overs each episode, where he runs over the pratfalls of everything the group have found themselves in with a great condescending tone. A running trade mark of the show is for him to let rip at the end at how ridiculous or unfair something he has got caught up in is (apart from one where he launches some drunken homophobic abuse at Neil's dad!) as well as to have a recap at the end of each episode on the events that have just gone past where the most hilarious line ('inconsiderate arseholes', 'bumder!', 'will you stop staring at my t!ts?') somehow hits home all the harder.

A relentless onslaught of foul language, crude sexual referencing, cynical cruelty and outrageous indecency, The Inbetweeners is a thoroughly depressing, but well written and very funny, reflection of young people today. Well, some...****

Brilliant!

[kikkapi20 · 10/10 · 17 August 2014]

Just brilliant...

Painfully reminiscent of my own teenage years, The Inbetweeners is an unbelievably funny look into the lives of four awkward teenage misfits. Very cleverly written and very funny, it's a show I can watch over and over again and cry with laughter just like I did when I first watched it.

The Inbetweeners is a fantastically written British comedy that has quirky and well developed characters and entertaining plots to boot. Don't deprive yourself of this brilliant comedy - go on YouTube now and start watching. You won't regret it.

My Favourite UK Comedy Ever

[hooleydavid · 10/10 · 12 October 2018]

I'll keep this brief - THIS IS AMAZING!

British humour at its finest. Every episode of every series is just phenomenal. No matter how many times I watch these, I still laugh just as much as I did the first time. Okay, it's very vulgar, but it's worth it in this case.

Must-see series, glad they only made 3 series and didn't force it before losing its edge.

Inbetween good and great

[VictorianCushionCat · 8/10 · 16 April 2009]

For the first time in my life I've found a reason to turn to the E4 channel, never thought that would happen.

Inbetweeners wins because it's often very funny in a way that you find yourself laughing out loud, in my case, because it relates strongly to what my mates and I got up to in our school years.

True it is full of horrible characters, not least the ultra cynical teacher Mr Gilbert, but as I remember school, it was actually packed with arrogant yet insecure individuals and this show hits that spot on.

I would agree and it's no surprise being on 'yoof' orientated E4, that the show may be geared to the school of making 'hip' comedy, which I not a fan of, but then at the same time it's an often very funny show, so all is forgiven.

Crude, Cringey, but Ultimately Hilarious.

[hooleydavid · 10/10 · 25 July 2017]

Wow. Whilst it's a shame there were only ever 3 series' made of the Inbetweeners, that does feel like the perfect amount.

This ongoing tale of 4 best friends is hilarious, rude and often awkward from day one until the very end.

Every single day there seems to be a new challenge ahead - And of course, challenges which they cannot overcome without some sort of disaster happening.

Certainly in need of the age limit it comes with, but once you watch it, you just won't stop. My parents aren't fans of vulgar humour and explicit jokes, but even they thought this was pure gold.

If you're looking to learn how to get through high school, then look elsewhere.

Simply Brilliant

[andrew_flay · 2 September 2018]

A great British comedy with dark and heart felt moments.

In Between Funny and Trying Too Hard

[ubercommando · 6/10 · 10 November 2008]

The Inbetweeners is the bastard child of your typical Channel 4 "with it" mentality and the movie "Superbad". It borrows from the latter a bunch of central characters, all boys, who are desperate to party, get drunk and get laid. It borrows from the former a desire to be cutting edge, quirky and hip to the kids...in short, comedy guided by middle aged channel execs.

It can be genuinely funny, particularly in the first episode where the boys try to exploit some obscure licensing laws in order to buy drinks in a pub and the aftermath where the nerd character outs all the school kids who are underage drinking. It can also be muddled and packed full of repellent characters who are more annoying than funny. What could be a well developed growing friendship between the two main characters, a nerd who's family have fallen on hard times and has moved from a private school to a state one and the boy assigned to be his "mentor" against his will, is never fully realised as the show is too keen on showing all the kids partying and generally behaving in gross ways. It's like Channel 4 have seen Superbad and missed the point of the friendship that underpins the movie.

Also the parent characters are very poorly developed, as you might expect in a movie like this. Again, they've taken from Superbad the idea that one of the characters has a hot mum all the other boys want to screw. Not only that, the actors playing the parents all seem to be in their early 30s and too young to have 16 year old children.

But like I said, it can be very funny when it doesn't try too hard to ingratiate itself with its target audience. Oh, and it's way more watchable than "Skins".

Bumder, Briefcase Mong, Friend!

[BrnzReviews · 10/10 · 17 December 2021]

The Inbetweeners is a show based around 4 friends who navigate their way through sixth form life, a task that was never going to be easy. I really loved The Inbetweeners, this show is an english gem that unfortunately the Americans tried to remake and failed drastically, sometimes there's just some stuff you dont touch.

An experience that is so hilarious you're litersllyngoing to ache with laughyer, it is rude, vulgar and that is what makes it one of the funniest shows to air on tv to date, along with just how great the vast get along, you can see this must of been tough to do in a few takes.

Higy recommend you see this, you won't be disappointed!

Written very close to between "just right" and "genuinely funny"

[cceeoojj1 · 7/10 · 4 February 2010]

It reminds me of That 70's Show in that it always thought it was funnier than it really was. Lots of good setups and concepts but not every single thing works.Mind you my only knowledge so far is the 2 episodes I saw last night on BBC America,that is all. I like how the obviously most attractive kid is not the center of the story.(In fact,now that I think about it the four guys and their relationships to each other are a dead ringer for Hyde,Kelso,Fez and Eric, hmph,weird.)Anyway I think it worked best in the side bits and quirky unexplainable things.. there was a bit last night where Jay said hello and a few words in passing to an older guy whom he knew around town and then after was picked on by the other two about how he had a "Friend",,, awww a "friend" they'd say sarcastically with goofy smiles and thumbs up, because the others didn't really know him I guess,it was nothing of course, but that's the kind of unexplainable stupidity 15 yr old boys do to each other.-- It shouldn't have worked because there was no real context, but it did. It had crossed over into the Seinfeld zone of device made from nothing as opposed to some planned out scripted thing.If they continue in that vein and don't grow up too soon, this show could become the new "Young Ones"-(yes I know the Young Ones will never be replaced- It's just for context,put your guns away.)

Honestly, it's just not funny

[pokemon_trainer_lucas · 2/10 · 21 June 2019]

If your comedy style is at the same level as a pre-pubescent nerdy teen's, then this is the comedy for you. But, if you like actual comedy, with good acting and well-written scripts, then steer clear of this. I've seen The Inbetweeners compared to Peep Show before, but what an insult that is to Peep Show, which is one of the best comedies out there!