Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. The potential for disaster is huge tonight, as Simon and girlfriend Tara are off to visit her sister at University, so obviously Will, Jay and Neil invite themselves along for the ride. Not that Simon's too keen, because he reckons he's in for some bedroom gymnastics... Hilarious, bawdy comedy.

Another week, another attempted rite of passage. This week Tara entices Simon to Warwick University, where her elder sister has offered them a place to "do it" on campus. Along for the ride are Will, sneeringly scouting out his "last choice"; Neil, because it wouldn't be The Inbetweeners without Neil; and Jay, on hand as a seasoned sexpert, in case Simon wimps out.

The Bafta award-winning tale of four spotty, sex-starved, sixth formers picked up another gong last week - the coveted Rose D'Or for Best Sitcom at the international telly awards in Switzerland. This episode alone will tell you why.

Simon is finally set to pop his cherry and his eager new girlfriend Tara wants to whisk him away to her sister's flat for the weekend. The flat promises to be a parent-free zone. Sadly for Tara, she can't escape Simon's friends so easily. Will, Jay and Neil all wangle themselves in on the trip. Jay as self-appointed sexpert, excelling himself with lewd tips to bolster Simon's failing nerves, Will to check out his least favourite choice of uni, and Neil because he'll do anything anyone tells him to. As for Simon, with friends like these it's bound to be a disaster.

The gags are sharp, the writing tight as the boys lurch from one agonising humiliation to another.

The Inbetweeners: series three, episode four

Just as with Simon's attempts to lose his virginity, this grossout sitcom tries just a bit too hard. Plenty to enjoy, though - did you know you needed a flannel?

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The writers have successfully created a group of lads that are utterly believable, and even more hilarious because of it.

Inbetweeners series 3 episode 4 review

After the slight nastiness last week, The Inbetweeners comes back with a belter.

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It was, of course, excruciating, crude and uproariously funny - everything we've come to love from a brilliantly observed British comedy that will be bowing out on a high in three weeks' time. Free of his ridiculous obsession with Carli (Emily Head), Simon's overcome his unfortunate Statue of Liberty haircut and acquired actual human girlfriend Tara (Hannah Tointon); keeping her will be the real challenge.

Helpfully, the ever-loyal Will (Simon Bird) is willing to spend time with Tara's BBF - boring best friend) - if there's the prospect of some - hell, any action at the end of the day.

As The Inbetweeners has confirmed repeatedly and hilariously, the course of both true love and adolescent fumbling never runs smoothly.

Whether it was Will fainting during a gory horror film, Simon appalling Tara's parents after meeting them for the first time or Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison) encountering a teacher out of his natural habitat, E4's hit series finely captures the continual embarrassment of teenage life.

Not that this third episode ever neared serious territory as The Inbetweeners thankfully avoids the death and depression plots of Skins in favour of a top-notch sight gag involving a motorbike, a new running joke to rival the "Friend!" quip of the first series and revelling in the genuine chemistry between our four loveable leads.

The Inbetweeners 3.3 review

I wish The Inbetweeners would decide if it's a semi-realistic comedy or a live-action comic strip, because I spent most of this third episode either smiling in satisfaction at well-observed adolescent behaviour, or struggling to swallow its broader moments.

This week Neil turns 18. His mum goes overboard and buys him a motorbike, which he can't ride thanks to a broken arm - step in Jay to show him how it's done... His dad throws him a desultory family party, allowing him to bring ten friends. If only Neil had ten friends. Meanwhile, Will finds himself stuck on the horns of a male adolescent dilemma: should he go out with a girl he and his mates find unattractive if there's the slightest promise of oral sex? Naturally he does, though it all leads to an excruciating climax at Neil's party, which reveals the show's genius as a comedy of manners beneath all the smut.