Press clippings
Big Boys review
Bright, tender and really, really funny.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 14th January 2024Big Boys review
Sweet, sensitive misfit comedy is something to be savoured.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 14th January 2024Big Boys Series 2 launches in January
Series 2 of Big Boys will arrive on Channel 4 in January. A collection of first look images have been revealed today.
British Comedy Guide, 14th November 2023Big Boys Series 2 now filming
Filming is underway of Series 2 of Big Boys, with Dylan Llewellyn, Jon Pointing, Camille Coduri and Katy Wix amongst those returning for six more episodes of Jack Rooke's award-winning Channel 4 comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 7th June 2023The 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.
Hollie Richardson, The Guardian, 14th December 2022Big Boys gets Series 2 at Channel 4
Sitcom Big Boys has been commissioned for a second series by Channel 4.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2022Big Boys is a new six-part semi-autobiographical Channel 4 comedy, written and created by comedian Jack Rooke (Happy Man). Directed by Jim Archer, it stars Dylan Llewellyn (James in Derry Girls) as Jack, who is gay, unconfident and floundering in loving co-dependency with his mum (Camille Coduri) after the death of his father.
Finally making it to Brent University, Jack, who has the fashion sense of a particularly outlandish Build-A-Bear creation, befriends the outwardly laddish but mentally fragile Danny (Jon Pointing). The opening double episode rips through fresher campus life ("You can't call yourself working class unless you've burned the roof of your mouth on a Greggs"), and Jack's inaugural LGBTQ+ night out: "You drank poppers?" Big Boys can be a rough, scruffy ride (think Fresh Meat after downing a couple of cut-price wine boxes), but I enjoyed its Tiggerish spirit and full-hearted embrace of difficult themes. Here's a comedy that isn't afraid to bounce into darkness.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 29th May 2022Big 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.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 26th May 2022Big Boys review: Is Derry Girl star's new comedy worth your time?
Jack Rooke turns tragedy into a thing of beauty.
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 26th May 2022King Gary review
Tom Davis is still a treat as the Essex builder with small problems and a big heart. If only he would dial down the zaniness.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 30th July 2021