Channel 4’s hit TV series Big Boys is back with a second season and people can’t get enough.
The sex-crazed nostalgic comedy, which first aired to critical-acclaim last year, is loosely-based on comedian Jack Rooke’s 2020 memoir Cheer The F**k Up.
It follows the story of main character Jack – played by Dylan Llewellyn – who comes out for the first time while attending the fictional Brent University.
Set in 2014, the show has gained a cult-like following in rapid speed, as people attest to the real-life antics faced by the protagonist and his uni pals while they navigate and explore their sexuality.
Fans have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to reveal they’ve been left ‘howling’ at the ‘genius’ programme, with many drawing attention to some of its most hilarious moments – including when Jack gets prodded in the eye outside a glory hole – and when Yemi, played by Olisa Odele, is discovered to be secretly making money off camming.
Channel 4 ‘s hit TV series Big Boys is back with a second season and people can’t get enough (Pictured: The hilarious moments when Jack, played by Dylan Llewellyn, gets prodded in the eye outside a glory hole)
Viewers have also confessed to binge-watching the entire six-episode series in one sitting and are already calling on the channel to release a third season.
‘Just Finished Binge Watching season 2 of Big Boys. Absolutely hilarious, absolutely incredible,’ one gushed. ‘I love this show.
Well done to everyone involved. Such a great cast’.
Another expressed their excitement over one very interesting scene in particular, writing: ‘Not @kylieminogue’s “In Your Eyes” being used while Jack gets hit by a d**k in the eye in a glory hole. Absolute genius, howling here’.
‘Catching up with the first episode of new series of #BigBoys and it’s making me laugh out loud,’ a third added.
‘Especially when Jack’s mum asked if she could kiss his eye better! The perfect antidote for a cold Monday morning’.
One comment remarked: ‘Hallelujah for the long awaited return of #BigBoys on @Channel4. Outrageously funny, beautifully heartfelt and gorgeously gay writing from @jackrooke. So so good and so so relatable. (Not that I’ve ever been poked in the eye by a p**is through a glory hole)’.
Unable to peel away from the screen, another also said: ‘Me “I’m going to savour #BigBoys series two and not rush it”. Also me “Starts episode 4”. DAMMIT’.
Jack’s eccentric cousin Shannon, played by Harriet Webb, enjoys a thrilling but short-lived romance with her ASOS delivery driver
Yemi – played by actor Olisa Odele – takes to secretly camming to make some much-needed extra cash
And people are already demanding a third season, despite the second series only dropping last night.
Other standout scenes include the trials and tribulations of Jack’s eccentric cousin Shannon, played by Harriet Webb – whose world is thrown into shock when she discovers she’s pregnant and that the baby’s father could be her ASOS delivery driver.
Among new castmates this season is Corrine, played by Izuka Hoyle: a 20-something Oxbridge reject who alerts the others when she uncovers Yemi performing sexual routines in front of a webcam for paying clients.
The British sitcom, which is created and written by Jack Rooke, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in May 2022.
It follows 19-year-old protagonist Jack – who has just lost father to cancer – developing friendship with Danny (played by Jon Pointing), a 25-year-old mature student at his university.
Big Boys explores Jack’s battle with his sexuality, his close relationship with his mother Peggy (played by Camille Coduri) mental health and his burgeoning friendships after departing home life to go to university.
Fans have taken to X , formerly known as Twitter, to reveal they’ve been left ‘howling’ at the ‘genius’ programme
Speaking to Channel 4 last year, writer Jack described the programme as a ‘silly, sweet comedy about two boys from very different ends of the “spectrum of masculinity” who become best mates at uni’.
He continued: ‘They quickly realise they actually do have a lot of stuff in common; they want to find themselves, have fun and properly figure out who they are, which I think you get to explore when you’re a fresher and you’re away from home and people who knew you when you were a snotty nosed little kid…
‘It’s about that period of reinvention I suppose. And because in the series there is this narrative device of me narrating throughout, you’re very aware you’re watching a TV show set in the past but voiced from the future…’
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