50 Fun Facts About The Inbetweeners

On which channel did The Inbetweeners originally air from 2008 to 2010?

Channel 4 repeated the first series in November 2008; the show's first episode drew just 238,000 viewers.

Who created and wrote The Inbetweeners?

The pair met as producers on The 11 O'Clock Show and Morris had shepherded Peep Show as a Channel 4 commissioner.

What is the name of the fictional school the boys attend?

Will is transferred there from private school after his parents' divorce.

Who plays Will McKenzie?

Bird's voiceover narrates every episode; he went on to play Adam in Friday Night Dinner.

Which actor plays the hot-headed Simon Cooper?

Thomas and Bird were Cambridge Footlights contemporaries and flatmates before the show.

Who plays the compulsive liar Jay Cartwright?

Buckley later played the young Del Boy in the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips.

Which actor plays the gullible Neil Sutherland?

Harrison went on to play Private Pike in the 2016 Dad's Army film.

Who plays the contemptuous head of sixth form?

Davies was a secondary school drama teacher for 13 years before comedy, and now hosts Taskmaster.

Why does Will move from private school to Rudge Park in the first episode?

His mother Polly's post-divorce finances force the switch; Mr Gilbert makes him wear a name badge.

Which accessory marks Will out for mockery on his first day?

Mr Gilbert compounds it by making the new pupils wear large, colourful introduction badges.

Which long-term crush drives many of Simon's storylines?

Emily Head plays Carli, who knows Simon is far keener on her than she is on him.

Who plays Charlotte Hinchcliffe, the popular older girl who briefly dates Will?

Charlotte claims to have had "eleven lovers already" and is a year above the boys.

What does school bully Mark Donovan call the four boys?

Donovan is Charlotte's ex and briefly shows Will a sensitive side — then threatens to kill him if he tells anyone.

What car does Simon's dad give him after he passes his driving test?

The cast later drove the same car around Britain for Red Nose Day, hunting the 50 rudest place names.

Where does Neil work in series 1?

The boys drive there in Simon's new car, tailing a car full of girls on the way.

Where is the caravan club Jay's family belong to?

Jay's promised "guaranteed casual sex" turns out to be a family disco in a small hall.

In Bunk Off, who does Simon impersonate when phoning the school office?

Mr Gilbert instantly recognises the fake female voice; the boys then try to buy booze in Simon's dad's suit.

Where does the series 2 geography field trip go?

Jay claims a legendary local MILF sleeps with one pupil per trip; Will falls for new girl Lauren instead.

Which Duke of Edinburgh Award activity does Will sign the boys up for?

Mr Gilbert tells Will he was picked to run the scheme because he is a virgin.

What video game does Neil treat as revision for his PE exam?

Will, meanwhile, overdoses on energy drinks and caffeine pills.

Who is Simon's short-term girlfriend in series 3, played by Hannah Tointon?

She suggests losing their virginity at her sister's student house in Warwick; it does not go well.

In which Welsh city are Simon's family moving to in the series 3 finale?

Alan's company is making redundancies; Simon threatens to move into a flat with Jay instead.

What is the name of Jay's dog, who ruins his attempts at privacy in Home Alone?

Neil stays at Will's instead, on condition he can bring his PlayStation 3.

What is the name of the 2006 pilot for The Inbetweeners?

James Bobin directed it, and James Buckley played Neil rather than Jay.

Which character did Jay's actor play in the pilot, before being cast as Jay?

Buckley and Greg Davies were the only cast members to survive from the pilot.

The theme tune is an instrumental of "Gone Up in Flames" by which band?

Then-Xfm DJ Marsha Shandur picked the show's music as supervisor.

The Inbetweeners lost the 2009 BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy to which show?

It won the publicly voted Audience Award at the 2010 BAFTAs instead.

What record audience did the first episode of series 3 draw on E4 in 2010?

It was the channel's biggest audience ever until Glee beat it the following year.

Where do the boys go on holiday in The Inbetweeners Movie?

Some filming also took place in Magaluf, and the empty club interior was Infernos in Clapham.

Who directed The Inbetweeners Movie?

Morris and Beesley wrote it and directed the sequel themselves.

What UK box-office record did The Inbetweeners Movie set on release?

It took £13.22 million, beating Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and The Hangover Part II.

Roughly what was The Inbetweeners Movie's budget?

It grossed over £57 million worldwide.

Who composed the score for The Inbetweeners Movie?

The Streets frontman also wrote ten of the soundtrack's 27 songs.

Which football club's chanting fans share the boys' coach in Malia?

Their hotel turns out to be a rundown dump and the first bar they visit is deserted.

What is the name of the girl Will pairs off with in the first film?

Lucy ends up with Simon, Lisa with Neil and Jane with Jay.

In which country is The Inbetweeners 2 set?

Jay claims to be a Sydney DJ living in a mansion; he is a toilet attendant living in a tent.

Where is Will studying at the start of The Inbetweeners 2?

Simon is in Sheffield with the increasingly unhinged Lucy, Neil works in a bank and Jay is on a gap year.

What is the name of the water park in The Inbetweeners 2?

Neil kills a dolphin with fast food and his IBS turns the waterslide into the film's most notorious scene.

Which future Star Wars actress was cut from The Inbetweeners 2 after missing reshoots?

She was busy filming The Force Awakens, so her opening scene was dropped.

At the end of The Inbetweeners 2, Will's mother gets engaged to whom?

The head of sixth form turns up at Uncle Bryan's house in Sydney, to Will's horror.

How much did The Inbetweeners 2 gross in the UK, the most of any British film in 2014?

Its £2.75 million opening day beat the first film's record for a comedy.

Which US network aired the short-lived American remake in 2012?

ABC had passed on an earlier pilot in 2008; MTV's version was cancelled after one season.

Who directed the pilot of the American Inbetweeners?

Brad Copeland of Arrested Development wrote and ran the show.

Who hosted the poorly received 2019 reunion special Fwends Reunited?

The backlash was so strong that James Buckley issued a public apology on Twitter.

Which university comedy troupe did the actors playing Will and Simon belong to?

Bird was president and Thomas secretary in 2005–06; they later formed the sketch group The House of Windsor.

In which Channel 4 sitcom did Will's actor go on to play Adam Goodman?

Joe Thomas went to Fresh Meat as Kingsley Owen.

Jay's actor played the young version of which sitcom character in Rock & Chips?

The Only Fools and Horses prequel ended early after writer John Sullivan's death in 2011.

Neil's actor played which character in the 2016 Dad's Army film?

He also voices Scoop in the 2015 Bob the Builder reboot.

What job did the actor who plays the head of sixth form do for 13 years before comedy?

Much of his stand-up draws on those years; he also hosts Taskmaster and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

Which distributor struck a 2025 deal with the creators to revive The Inbetweeners?

Reports said the four leads would return for a revival in 2026.