A new pub-based BBC3 sitcom, which means a drink simile. The comedy equivalent of a shot made from the contents of fluorescent bottles of sugary meths masquerading as booze, which curdles, solidifies and turns your brain inside-out. It mixes Friends with Two Pints and Spaced and Ideal and ends up with a coagulated mess on the pavement outside. A pleasantly zingy aftertaste is provided by Joe Pasquale's son playing a stalky loon, but even that'll just make you feel worse come morning.

Inn Mates Review: Criminal

BBC Three is quickly becoming the most solid argument against the TV license fee, and Inn Mates only serves to strengthen that argument further. Inn Mates is, impossibly, even worse than another BBC3 product, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.

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The Inn Mates is about a group of friends who are as close as family, who spend their time at The Friendship Inn.

John Warburton on writing Inn Mates

Inn Mates is the first of three comedy pilots by new writers about to be shown on BBC Three. Here, creator John Warburton talks about one tricky hurdle of sitcom writing...

From Sunday Lunchers to The Inn Mates

The college year ended with a showcase in March 2009, and of the scripts developed under the scheme, Sunday Lunchers by John Warburton made a real impact. And that was the beginning of the journey which turned Sunday Lunchers into The Inn Mates.