The Inbetweeners - The Complete First Season

Laugh out loud funny. I saw this on TV and thought it was hysterical. I remembered it recently and decided to get the DVD. It plays well on my region free DVD player.

Very funny. It would be R rated over hear. Not necessarily for kids.

Didn’t find out it wouldn’t play in our blu Ray player until we tried to play it. Don’t understand why they sell a format that is not playable in the USA. Extremely frustrating.

The Inbetweeners (2008-2010) is a raucous award winning British comedy, that follows the adventures of four 16 year old schoolmates, as they cope with situations and issues that are typically of interest to boys of that age, school, girls, cars, drinking alcohol, and sex. While featuring a variety of crude and vulgar elements, the humor has a certain level of irony and sophistication, as thing rarely turn out well for these lads. For those unfamiliar with British TV, "series" is the rough equivalent of "season" in American TV. Series 1 (2008) contains 6 half hour episodes, which makes for a pretty quick watch.Will McKenzie (Simon Bird) is typically the lead character, and usually provides some narration at different point in the episodes. After his parent's divorce, Will's mother can no longer afford to send him to private school, so he winds up in Rudge Park Comprehensive, a public school, and falls in with a group of three close friends, Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), Jay Cartwright (James Buckley) and Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison). The four quite distinct personalities, quickly bond, and begin to hang out together.Crude, and often with a sexual component, the humor is something that you will probably either love or hate, as few topics seem to be "off limits'. Those not familiar with British slang, may miss some of the "nuances", but the general meaning of most of the humor should be understandable to Americans.Drinking, meeting girls, and the pursuit of sex, is usually what most of the adventures are centered on. Simon is hung up on Carli (Emily Head), a girl he has known since childhood, but who regards him only as a friend. Jay is constantly talking and thinking about sex, but his forte seems to be limited to masturbation. Will at least, is able to speak to girls, but unfortunately he often says the wrong things, and ends up ruining his chances. The rather dull-witted Neil, is by far the most successful with women.Not everything is seen through Will's eyes, but as the narrator, his thoughts influence the viewer's perceptions. While often honest and quite perceptive, Will is often surprisingly dense, and displays incredibly poor judgment. The boys don't always have each other's backs 100%, but they do manage to stick together through thick and thin.The writing solidly defines the characters, and stays true to them. The actors all are very talented, as although in their mid-20's, are very convincing as high school kids, dealing with juvenile level material, in a freshly outrageous way. It takes skill to convincingly play dumb, or not too bright, and these guys do it marvelously. The primary actors provide commentary tracks on several episodes, and these provide great insight into the actors, the program, and the warm camaraderie between the cast.Vulgar and crass, but in a clever way, The Inbetweeners certainly isn't for everyone, but for those who can still remember what it was like to be 16, not be one of the "cool" kids, and awkward around girls, you may relate to the subject matter. This is a Region 2 (PAL) release, so most will need a region-free player to view the disc. You can often get a good deal at Amazon.UK, on Series One, Two, and Three, as well as the complete series set, so you may want to check there as well.

This format only works in the UK!

Be nice if it played on my Canadian dvd player

I didn't catch this truly hilarious show on its first outing on E4 but managed to catch it when all episodes were played back-to-back! Funniest few hours of my life!This comedy is so true to life and makes me miss those funny years at Sixth form. More so because i can relate to the group flitting between the 'in-crowd' and the 'nobodies'. Every school has its social divides!Personal highlight for me was Jay's 'new friend'. The ribbing given to him from the lads was hilarious and you knew he would break at some point. Jumping up and down on the bonnet on his 'new friend's' car and shouting expletives has to be one of the funniest comedy moments i have seen in a long time, rivalled some Alan Partridge moments. When Jay originally gave the thumbs up to his 'new mate', I cringed as I know I am guilty of doing the same thing almost all my life.Also look out for Will's outbust to 'queue jumpers' at Thorpe Park, his most shameful moment!This is a must buy DVD, throw it on when you are getting nostalgic about school but fancy something a bit more garish than Grange Hill!

After watching episode 5 of series 3 while I spent the night in a hotel near Heathrow, I had to pick up the first series. As a an American bloke, I find Brit Humor to be real funny. But this show beats them all and is hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing. These four guys are like any other teenagers just like me when I was growing up. We all had these urges. I think one of my favorite scene is when they're in Jay's caravan trying to enjoy their meal. Then Jay's dad is having bowel movements in the loo while they're eating. Too funny. Well anyways, I can't wait to get the next two series.

Simon Bird is William, a young lad from a well-to-do background. When his father leaves, he has to go to a public school, to his horror, and gets all sorts of hassle for having a briefcase, the usual things kids pick on. Soon Wills finds other mates, like Simon, Jay and Neil, all with their own quirks, like Neil's auto defence system when someone says his father is gay, Jay's obsession with the female species, and Simon and his yellow car.The show looks at their daily lives, from kids at school to guys out on the pull. Some really funny moments like the episode where they go to a caravan park, Simon being sick all over the place and William's run in with Mr Gilbert.The extras are rather poor in my opinion, 2 deleted scenes, 2 out takes, a couple of video blogs and a meet the cast. It really didn't interest me much, and the deleted scenes really didn't add much more to the story.This is a good show, bit of harmless fun for young people, but I don't really get the 18 certificate given. It's really for the age group of 15-17, I can't really see why anyone over 30 would really enjoy this, but that's only my view on it.Worth a rent, wouldn't really buy it, it's not really got that pick it up again and again factor.

I found this programme on E4 by accident a few weeks ago, and,honestly, it's one of the best/funniest things I've ever seen. Made me laugh out loud and I can't remember the last time that happened. (I'm a miserable ***). All the characters and general plots have been well described by others so I won't repeat their comments apart from agreeing wholeheartedly with them - apart from one (Right, Graeme?) So glad it's on DVD and there MUST be another series. I wish I could buy the entire cast/crew/writers and everyone else a drink.