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‘Phoebe Waller-Bridge just asked me to write her a play’: Big Boys creator Jack Rooke on going stratospheric

His sex-crazed comedy about a gay guy, his straight mate and a goldfish called Alison Hammond was the breakout hit of 2022. As it storms back, he talks about finally being able to buy his mum a new fridge

The Guardian - UK

‘Guaranteed to be a banger’: the 50 must-see TV shows for 2024

A terrifying Kate Winslet! A new Sally Wainwright epic! Benedict Cumberbatch with a 7ft puppet! Want to know what TV to devour in 2024? Here’s your guide

The Guardian - UK

Big Boys season 2: cast, trailer, episodes, guest stars and everything we know

Big Boys season 2 — Dylan Llewellyn, Jon Pointing, Annette Badland and Camille Coduri are all returning for the new series...

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‘If Gemma Collins is a diva she gets blocked’: the secrets of TV stars’ WhatsApp groups

Who’s never off The Crown group chat? Who sings whole songs in the Game of Thrones one? And who dropped a bombshell on the Bridgerton bunch? TV stars tell all about their WhatsApp groups

The Guardian - UK

First picture of boy, 7, killed in BMW horror crash as man arrested

Seven-year-old Jack Rooke killed in crash in Huddersfield

The Independent UK

From horrific jokes about dog sex to ruining Succession: AI’s terrible attempt to write TV

We ask ChatGPT to recreate scenes from recent TV classics – and the results are hilariously dreadful. Hollywood execs may want to rethink that plan to have AI start writing our television…

The Guardian - UK

The best TV of 2022: from House of the Dragon to The White Lotus

It has been a stellar year for TV... we pick the shows that have thrilled us

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The 50 best TV shows of 2022: No 6 – Big Boys

Jack Rooke’s truly special comedy about male friendships and mental health had it all – laughs, tears, 00s cultural references and top-tier sex jokes

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 LGBTQ+ comedy Big Boys starring Derry Girls star renewed for second series

The next series will feature "even more sex, drugs and tears"

Liverpool Echo

Channel 4 comedy Big Boys starring Derry Girls' Dylan Llewellyn renewed for second series

"Get ready for an even more cringe second year at Brent University," says creator Jack Rooke

Wales Online

Grab your leopard print, neck a prosecco, take a holibob! How ‘hun culture’ conquered the world

Did someone say beveragino? From Denise Welch to Alison Hammond, the matriarchs of British TV are storming the internet, worshipped for their camp combination of glam, grit and driftwood decor. All hail the huns! x

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance

The Guardian - UK

The best TV of 2022 so far

From the raw, masterfully-scripted realism of The Responder to the exquisite return of Gentleman Jack, here are the year’s television highlights up to now

The Guardian - UK

Dylan Llewellyn: ‘I want to go to the dark side for my next role – I’ve got it in me’

The ‘wee English fella’ from ‘Derry Girls’ is playing another total sweetheart in the Channel 4 comedy ‘Big Boys’. He tells Ellie Harrison about how he nearly quit acting, the ‘homely’ appeal of his new show and why’s he’s ready to play against type

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Big Boys on Channel 4 review: The laughs and lows of a closeted teen’s coming of age

This heart-warming comedy explores grief and young men’s mental health struggles with wry humour

The Guardian - UK

Big Boys review – this warm, tender comedy will pierce your heart

The growing relationship between two young men, one gay one straight, makes for a genuinely uplifting, witty sitcom

The Independent UK

Big Boys review: Jack Rooke’s sprightly comedy will be your next coming-of-age obsession

Starring ‘Derry Girls’ actor Dylan Llewellyn, this semi-autobiographical sitcom is awash in cringe comedy and ITV Daytime references

Wales Online

Big Boys on Channel 4, cast, when it's on TV and what it's about

The new comedy has stars of Derry Girls, Ghosts and Doctor Who

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The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Gray’s report confirms Boris Johnson’s agenda - his own survival

In today’s newsletter: When limiting the harm of the Partygate scandal is the government’s number one priority, what does that mean for how the country is run?

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Jack Rooke’s Big Boys is really beautiful television

Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing star in the coming-of-age drama. Plus: Art That Made Us looks at post- second world war earthshakers. Here’s what to watch this evening

Evening Standard

Jack Rooke on his new Channel 4 comedy Big Boys: we never see straight/gay male friendships on screen

The writer of Channel 4’s new comedy on finding humour in tragedy and why we still have a long way to go when it comes to tackling mental health

Belfast Live

Derry Girls' Wee English Fella in new Channel 4 university sitcom

Channel 4 has produced Big Boys, a semi-autobiographical sitcom by comedian Jack Rooke about an unlikely friendship

Glasgow Live

Derry Girls star to take lead in new Channel 4 sitcom based on comedian's book

Channel 4 has produced Big Boys, a semi-autobiographical sitcom by comedian Jack Rooke about an unlikely friendship between two young men who meet at university

The Guardian - UK

Derry Girl Dylan Llewellyn: ’I call things wee when they’re not even small’

As the final Derry Girls series airs, its ‘wee English fella’ recalls his transition from schooldays struggling with dyslexia to being an honorary Irishman

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