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Videos
Here’s an exclusive clip from the second series of Funboys, before it airs on BBC Three tomorrow.
In the scene, Callum, Lorcan and Gemma present their robot idea to the organisers of a Bot Wars event.
All four episodes in Funboys series 2 drop on BBC Three at 9pm on Friday then on BBC One from 10.25pm on Saturday. Steve Coogan makes a guest appearance in the first episode:
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