The Inbetweeners

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Television series
German title The Inbetweeners - Our virgin years
Original title The Inbetweeners
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2008-2010
Production
company		 Bwark Productions, Young Films
length 21 minutes
Episodes 18 in 3 seasons ( list )
genre Sitcom
Theme music Gone Up in Flames (Instrumental) by Morning Runner
idea Damon Beesley , Iain Morris
production Christopher Young
music Marsha Shandur
First broadcast May 1, 2008 on E4
German-language
first broadcast		 October 5, 2016 on ProSieben Fun
occupation

The Inbetweeners - Our virgin years (Original title: The Inbetweeners ) is a British sitcom that was broadcast in three seasons from 2008 to 2010 on E4 . The series was written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris . It is about the life of suburban teenager Will ( Simon Bird ) and his three friends from the fictional school Rudge Park Comprehensive.

The series was so successful in Great Britain that the feature film The Inbetweeners Movie was produced, which was released in 2011. Due to the very successful box office result, the sequel The Inbetweeners 2 followed in 2014 .

Since The Inbetweeners has not yet been broadcast on television in Germany, the films were marketed as Sex on the Beach and Sex on the Beach 2 . The German DVD release of the series, in turn, is entitled The Inbetweeners - Our virginal years , whereby a reference to the films is established through the extensive inclusion of the film logo in the DVD cover (although these were made after the series).

The Inbetweeners was nominated for Best Situation Comedy at the British Academy Television Awards in 2009 and 2010 . In 2010 she won the Audience Award, the only award that is decided by the audience. A year later, the series received the Best Sitcom Prize at the British Comedy Awards .

development

Beesley and Morris met as producers on Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show . After serving as commissioners on Channel 4, with Morris leading the peep show , the two of them founded their own company, Bwark Productions, in 2004 and developed their first television series with The Inbetweeners . A pilot film called Baggy Trousers was produced in 2006 and directed by James Bobin .

E4 aired the first season in May 2008 and Channel 4 repeated it in November of that year. The second season ran from April 2 to May 7, 2009. A third season was commissioned by E4, started on September 1, 2010 and ended on October 18, 2010. The first episode of the third season had the highest viewership, that an original Commission proposal from E4 ever had.

After the end of the third season, those responsible and the actors announced that a fourth season was very unlikely. However, a film and two specials will be produced that will take place after the third season and show the group on vacation in Malia , Crete .

Episodes

The three seasons can be viewed by viewers from the UK and Ireland on Channel 4's video platform 4oD, YouTube and SeeSaw. Individual episodes are also available for purchase in the UK iTunes store.

Movie

In September 2009, Beesley and Morris confirmed that an Inbetweeners film had been commissioned by Film4 . It is about the four boys of legal age and their vacation in Malia, Crete. The feature film, which opened in British cinemas on August 17, 2011, is entitled Sex on the Beach in Germany and was launched on February 2, 2012 with a six-month delay. The sequel The Inbetweeners 2 followed in 2014 ( marketed as Sex on the Beach 2 in Germany ), which is set in Australia. It started in Great Britain on August 6, 2014 and in Germany on October 30, 2014.

music

The theme song of the series is Gone Up in Flames by the English rock band Morning Runner . During the series there was music by Rachel Stevens , Tellison, Paolo Nutini , The Maccabees , Air Traffic , Calvin Harris , The Ting Tings , Arctic Monkeys , Theaudience , Vampire Weekend , Two Door Cinema Club , Phoenix , General Fiasco , Gorillaz , Hot Chip , Belle and Sebastian , Field Music , Jamie T , The Libertines , Rihanna , The Fratellis , Jack Peñate , Guillemots , The Feeling , Kate Nash , The Wombats , The Jam , The Cure , Lily Allen , Mumm-Ra and Feist , Oasis , Biffy Clyro , Passion Pit , Royworld, MGMT , Maxïmo Park and The Cribs .

Worldwide broadcast

In the United States, the series began broadcasting on BBC America on January 25, 2010. The broadcaster handled the first twelve episodes as a single season and aired them one after the other on a weekly basis. MTV Latin America followed the same pattern.

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley were asked by ABC to produce a pilot on the series for US television. They are also allowed to present a second script for a future series. Both projects should be developed at ABC Studios .

In 2010, it began broadcasting in Australia on Nine Networks digital channel GO !, on Super Channel in Canada , the comedy channel TV4 Komedi in Sweden, on TV2 in New Zealand , on MTV Latin America and on yes Next in Israel .

On February 28, 2011, the series ran in France on MCM.

A German broadcast is not yet known.

Audience ratings, prices and reviews

The first episode ran on May 1, 2008 and drew 238,000 viewers. On average, the first season saw 459,000 British people, with 474,000 watching the season finale. The Inbetweeners received two awards at the British Comedy Awards 2008: Best New British Television Comedy (Scripted) and Simon Bird for Best Male Comedy Newcomer . The series was also named Best New British TV Sitcom 2008 by the British Comedy Guide website . She was also nominated for Best Situation Comedy at the British Academy Television Awards 2009, but ultimately lost to The IT Crowd . However, The Inbetweeners won the Audience Award at the British Academy Television Awards in 2010.

The first episode of the second season was shown on E4 at 10:00 p.m. on April 2, 2009 and was viewed by 958,000 viewers. In addition, there were a further 234,000 viewers at 11 p.m. on the time-shifted channel E4 + 1, which led to a total viewer number of 1.2 million, the highest audience rating for E4 in 2009.

Joe McNally praised the British daily The Independent for the "extremely precise dialogue that perfectly captures the feeling of adolescence" and Will Dean of the Guardian wrote that the series "captures the pathetic male high school experience very well." The series is often successful with E4s Youth Drama Skins Compared; Commentators said that " The Inbetweeners' portrayal of a boring suburb is closer [than skins ] to the dull teenage years of most of us than the decadent time we wished we had."

On September 13, 2010, the first episode of the third season aired on E4 and achieved a record 2.6 million viewers at 10:00 p.m., the highest audience rating for a show on E4 until 2011 Glee broke that record.

DVD publications

  • The first season was released on DVD on June 2, 2008.
  • The second season was released on DVD on May 18, 2009.
  • The third season was released on DVD on October 25, 2010.
  • Seasons 1–3 were also released together on October 25, 2010 on DVD.

All DVDs were rated 18+ in the UK.

Awards

  • British Comedy Awards 2008: Best New TV Comedy
  • British Comedy Awards 2008: Best Male Comedy Newcomer ( Simon Bird )
  • The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2008: Best New British TV Sitcom
  • TV Quick & TV Choice Awards 2009: Best Comedy Show
  • British Academy Television Awards 2009: Nominated for Best Situation Comedy
  • NME Awards 2010: Best TV Show
  • British Comedy Awards 2009: Best Television Comedy Actor (Simon Bird)
  • British Academy Television Awards 2010: Nominated for Best Situation Comedy
  • British Academy Television Awards 2010: YouTube Audience Award
  • Rose d'Or 2010: Best Situation Comedy
  • British Comedy Awards 2011: Best Sitcom
  • National Television Awards 2011: Digital Choice

US adaptation

On March 31, 2011, MTV announced that they had commissioned a US version of the series with twelve episodes for a first season. The pilot episode was given the green light in September 2010. Brad Copeland wrote the script for the pilot and serves as executive producer with Damon Beesley and Iain Morris for the duration of the series .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Thick Of It dominates Baftas. BBC , June 6, 2010, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  2. ^ A b Nellie Andreeva: Not too cool for US school. The Hollywood Reporter , October 17, 2008, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  3. ↑ The autumn hot list 2010. The Guardian , August 29, 2010, accessed July 18, 2011 .
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  8. ^ The Inbetweeners. (No longer available online.) SeeSaw, archived from the original on July 23, 2011 ; accessed on July 18, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seesaw.com
  9. ↑ The Inbetweeners, Series 1. Apple , accessed July 18, 2011 (English, UK iTunes account required).
  10. ↑ Tom Murphy: Channel 4 develops film of The Inbetweeners. Orange , September 9, 2009, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  11. ^ The Inbetweeners Movie. E4 , accessed July 18, 2011 .
  12. ^ The Inbetweeners Music Guide. (No longer available online.) Theinbetweenersmusic.co.uk, archived from the original on July 19, 2018 ; accessed on July 18, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theinbetweenersmusic.co.uk
  13. ^ Neil Genzlinger : Dreams of a Teenage Loser. The New York Times , January 25, 2010, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  14. ^ The Inbetweeners. AlloCiné, accessed on July 18, 2011 (French).
  15. ^ A b Dan French: New 'Inbetweeners' draws 958,000 for E4. Digital Spy, April 3, 2009, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  16. ↑ Dave West: E4 takes second series of 'Inbetweeners'. Digital Spy , June 5, 2008, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  17. ^ A b Jon Rogers: The Inbetweeners makes 1.2m laugh. Broadcast, April 3, 2009, accessed on July 18, 2011 (English, registration required).
  18. ^ Past Winners 2008. The British Comedy Awards, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  19. ↑ The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2008. British Comedy Guide, accessed 18 July 2011 (English).
  20. ^ Mayer Nissim: BAFTA TV Awards 2009: The Nominees. Digital Spy, March 24, 2009, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  21. ^ Bafta TV Awards 2009: The winners . In: BBC Entertainment , BBC, April 26, 2009. 
  22. ^ Joe McNally: You Write The Reviews: The Inbetweeners. The Independent , May 19, 2008, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  23. ↑ Will Dean: Sitcom surbubia with spots. The Guardian , May 8, 2008, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  24. ↑ Will Dean: The Inbetweeners is more realistic than Skins. The Guardian , April 3, 2009, accessed July 18, 2011 .
  25. ↑ The Inbetweeners DVD. amazon.co.uk , accessed July 18, 2011 .
  26. ↑ The Inbetweeners - Series 2 DVD. amazon.co.uk , accessed July 18, 2011 .
  27. ↑ The Inbetweeners - Series 3 - Complete DVD. amazon.co.uk , accessed July 18, 2011 .
  28. ↑ The Inbetweeners - Series 1-3 - Complete DVD. amazon.co.uk , accessed July 18, 2011 .
  29. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: MTV Picks Up 'Inbetweeners' To Series. Deadline Hollywood, March 31, 2011, accessed July 18, 2011 .

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