Jack Rooke's university comedy will return to Channel 4

Jack Rooke’s critically acclaimed comedy Big Boys is to return for a second series, Channel 4.

The news comes just three months after the broadcast first season, starring Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing as two mismatched boys who strike up an unlikely friendship when they’re thrown together at university.
 
Rooke, who wrote the comedy based on his own experiences, said: ‘The response to Big Boys series one has been so phenomenally kind, heartwarming and beyond anything any of us could have hoped for. The fact we got onto Gogglebox is probably the proudest moment of mine and my mum’s lives – she got over 100 likes on Facebook for it!

‘So after a huge spitroast at Harvester, I decided I probably do have some more embarrassing stories about me and my mates to mine for comic material, so get ready for an even more cringe second year at Brent University.’
 
Charlie Perkins, head of comedy at Channel 4 added: ‘I’m so happy to confirm that Big Boys is returning. It fits squarely into what I think makes the greatest comedy; so much heart blended with so much silliness. Jack is a very special person I can’t wait for what’s to come in series two.’

Created and written by: Jack Rooke
Made by: Roughcut
 Executive producers: Ash Atalla and Alex Smith
 Commissioned for Channel 4 by: Charlie Perkins, head of comedy, Joe Hullait, commissioning executive for comedy and Fiona McDermott, former head of comedy
 

Published: 23 Aug 2022