To think The Inbetweeners is crap?

The female characters in Inbetweeners are dire. Paper thin mean girl types only interested in shaming the boys. And some of it does come off sexist. Even though it's a joke.

I wouldn't say it's crap though. It's actually aged a lot better than many comedies from the noughties. I've seen all of them so many times as well, they repeat it constantly!

The newer thing with Simon bird about the religious nuts is quite funny.

I think they are both great- so saying YABU. Inbetweeners is very clever at capturing the essence of growing up in the 90s/ 2000s.

I think this is a bit like an adult saying that teletubbies is crap. Unless you are actually very young OP, Inbetweeners isn't for you. It's for teenagers and very young adults. Friday Night Dinner is for an older demographic so it's not surprising that people to enjoy one more than the other.

Yes that's what I think. They are young and experimenting with opinions and saying stuff.

We aren't supposed to agree with them.

Honestly this depends how old you are. My husband and I both find it flipping hilarious because it came out when we were the same age as the characters and is entirely relatable to our own (separate) 6th form experiences. Ditto Fresh Meat which parallels our uni experience.

If you are more than 5 years older or younger than me I can see you probably wouldn’t find it funny.

I think the Inbetweeners was meant to be cringey. Written by two men who’ve said a lot of the situations happened to them as teens. Obviously looking back they think how the hell but at the time it all seemed very normal. Lots of it still makes me laugh.
FND was just brilliant, the lovely Paul Ritter and Tamsin Greig really gelled. And the next door neighbour ….

Skins was awful. Middle class kids saying “Let’s do some cocaine fnar fnar” and going under age clubbing on a Tuesday despite looking 12yo. Boring

It relates to millennials surely

The Inbetweeners was unlike anything else at the time. As a millennial, this is what many of the lads were like at my high school in the late 90s/early 00s. So many of the scenes and dialogue are a realistic portrayal of teen life during that time.
I’ve also never cringed so much at a show, but that’s what makes it great.

Another poster mentioned Skins. I couldn’t get into that, it was too angsty, try hard and cool.

I love the inbetweeners but I guess when it first came out I was only a bit older than them so could kind of relate. I think it’s hilarious.

I was early 20s when it came out so I could relate to it and how school was, the pressure to fit in, have sex etc but I probably couldn't relate to it now. I imagine teenagers today finding it will probably still relate to it however.

🤣 That is so true. The hours I must've wasted sitting through utter dross because either me or a friend fancied someone in something 🤦.

I was a teenager when Inbetweeners came out, the way it portrayed teenage life was in stark contrast to Skins which was also hugely popular at the same time. Inbetweeners definitely more realistic! 😅

I think teenage horniness has a lot to answer for. The absolute drivel we watched because we fancied boys ey 😂

Glad I'm not the only one who uses that phrase in real life! 😂

I loved Dawsons Creek back in the day. Caught an episode on YouTube recently and it was dreadful. My kitchen table leg is less wooden than James VDB, who although very attractive only seemed to have one facial expression.

Lesson learned, even as a raging 90s nostalgic some things are best left where they are.

I think it's a bit of a slow burn but I found each series better and funnier than the one before.

Another thing I love about The Inbetweeners is that they are still a genuine gang of mates now, even 15 years on (James Buckley talks about this often on his podcast). So they really did grow up together.

Love that episode!!! 🤣

You also came on the heels of lots of dreary wishy washy shows where teenagers are prorated as some sort of 80yo philosophers - One Tree Hill, Dawson’s Creek etc. It was something different and refreshing

I was their age (in the show) when it came out and it was honestly the best representation of life at that point. Unlike something like Skins. It felt just like a regular English sixth form.

OMG after Jay lets off a flare: “What the fuck did you do that for?
”I dunno, alert the sea police?”
”And say what - help we’ve caught a fish” 🤣🤣🤣

Gen Z-ers would probably cry watching the inbetweeners from how triggered they’d be.

I am a few years older than the Inbetweeners characters but it’s EXACTLY what boys were like that I knew. The episode where Will has a tall girlfriend and says her dead dad isn’t relevant to him dumping her makes me cry laughing

I agree. I remember watching it when it first aired and I must admit I loved it.

Teenagers on TV at the time were mostly waaaayyy too cool/written to act older/looked really glamorous.

At least the Inbetweeners felt vaguely accurate 🤣 The bullshitter who was hiding behind ridiculous lies, the bully who was butter wouldn't melt around parents, the way they'd argue, call eachother a wanker and move on.

I'll rewatch Friday night dinner regularly because it's absolute gold. And I don't really rewatch the Inbetweeners. But I'll always remember the whole cinema laughing at them awkwardly dancing towards the 4 girls in the first film and just thinking yeah I know kids who would have done that.

I really couldn’t get in to Friday Night Dinner. I maybe just need to give it another go only watched a few episodes

@PoorPhaedra Interestingly I re-watched with DS age 14 and he was shocked and said secondary school is nothing like that nowadays. Which was quite reassuring.

Particularly for any Briefcase Wankers who join mid term!