Big Boys on ABC Entertains and ABC iview S2E1 and S2E2 – Big Boys is a silly, sweet comedy about two boys from very different ends of the “spectrum of masculinity” who become best mates at Brent Uni Freshers Week 2013, and the friends they’ve made along the way.
JACK, 19 (Dylan Llewellyn) is a dweeby, sheltered boy from Watford, trying to both overcome grief after his dad’s passing and figure out what he actually wants in life. He’s left potty-mouthed matriarch PEGGY (Camille Coduri) who persuaded him to take up his scholarship at Brent Uni so he can make something of himself and not just be stuck at home, masturbating and knitting blankets to sell on Etsy.
Meanwhile DANNY, 25 (Jon Pointing) is your typical loud and proud lads’ lad. Hailing from a run-down seaside town, Danny is a few years older than every other fresher, trying to live out a lost adolescence whilst confronting the demons of his own mental health.
First year at Brent Uni threw these two together with CORINNE (Izuka Hoyle), a sharp, study-centric Scot who’s still learning to let her hair down and YEMI (Olisa Odele), the savvy fashion-kid who at 20 has already seen it all, done it all and begrudgingly helps Jack navigate being out and gay for the first time.
The gang are helped along the way by JULES (Katy Wix), the head of the SU who was once a student herself a decade ago and has just never, ever, left.
Now entering into second year, the gang have to contend with a new set of challenges, disastrous sexual encounters and unsuccessful relationships, whilst Danny and Jack both have to contend with their past as well. A fully out-the-closet Jack tries his luck on the gay dating scene as Danny attempts to both get laid and navigate issues closer to home.
Corinne and Yemi are making every second of second year count, whilst our favourite SU officer Jules, is still trying to make Brent Uni the greatest ever higher education institution (inside the M25).
Narrated by comedian Jack Rooke, The six-time BAFTA nominated BIG BOYS is based on his award-winning live Edinburgh Fringe shows ‘Good Grief’, ‘Happy Hour’ and ‘Love Letters’.
Production credit: ROUGHCUT TV
Big Boys on ABC and ABC iview – Wednesday 6 November at 8.30pm
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Big Boys on ABC Entertains and ABC iview S2E1 and S2E2
