How the Inbetweeners grew up! As Simon Bird appears in new Channel 4 comedy, FEMAIL 明らかにする／漏らすs where the 初めの cast are now (含むing the foursome's forgotten parents)

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It's been almost 15 years since The Inbetweeners was first broadcast on television 審査するs across the UK.?

The sitcom, which?焦点（を合わせる）d on the hilarious lives of?four 十代の少年少女s in Britain, 空気／公表するd for three series between 2008-2010, before 存在 adapted into two films 解放（する）d in 2011 and 2014 それぞれ.?

The classic show made almost $90million at the box office, and propelled protagonists Simon Bird, James Buckley, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison to stardom.?

But what have the quartet and their supporting 星／主役にするs been up to since they were 発射 to fame in the late noughties???

As the news of the 15th 周年記念日 approaches, and a new show starring Simon 燃やす on Channel 4 now 公表／放送, FEMAIL 暴露するd what became of the cast of the 攻撃する，衝突する television whose 人気 shows no 調印する of fading.??

Simon Bird?- Will McKenzie

Born on August 19, 1984, Simon Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey. He excelled at school and went on to 熟考する／考慮する English at Queen's College, Cambridge University.

Simon was 任命するd 大統領，／社長 at student-run comedy troupe Footlights, where he later met 未来 co-星／主役にする Joe Thomas.?

The actor, now 38, made his 打開 playing the わずかに geeky but affable Simon in The Inbetweeners.

Having created many memorable catchlines on the show, the actor 明らかにする／漏らすd he still gets called 'bus w******' 定期的に - in 言及／関連 to his character's introduction on the series - but feels '特権d' that his work had such an 影響 on audience.?

In a 最近の interview with The 後見人, Simon was asked if he would ever return to his 役割 as the much-loved briefcase w****r.

He replied: 'It's a hard no, I'm afraid. It just wouldn't be the show people want or remember. Much better to leave it as a happy memory.

'削減（する） to us all doing a third film for Netflix next year … Anything's possible. Honestly, you can't 信用 a 選び出す／独身 word I've said in this interview. It's all filler, no 殺し屋.'

When asked if he could reshoot one episode of the show which would it be, he 答える／応じるd: 'The Field Trip episode of Inbetweeners it is.

'A beautiful 場所, fish and 半導体素子s on the beach, watching one of my closest friends, Joe Thomas, almost dying of hypothermia. What could be better?'

Simon is 現在／一般に starring as David in the new Channel 4 comedy series called Everyone Else 燃やすs.?

The six-part series follows a hyper-宗教的な community and the 力／強力にする struggles that happen within their church.

Other cast members と一緒に Simon 含む Kate O'Flynn, Amy James-Kelly, Kadiff Kirwan and Harry Connor.

Recently, however, he 認める he doesn't think The Inbetweeners would be made today.

Speaking to The Telegraph about how times have changed since The Inbetweeners 空気／公表するd, Simon said: 'I honestly think it wouldn't be （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d today.'

The actor 追加するd that he doesn't think the show has 老年の 井戸／弁護士席 予定 to the sexism and 'casual homophobia' 陳列する，発揮するd by the characters.

He said: 'I rationalise it to myself by 説 that at the time it was an 正確な 代表 of the way 十代の少年少女s talk to each other. Is that still the 事例／患者 now? I assume not.'

Simon 追加するd: 'Although the programme was 始める，決める in the 2000s, it was based on a 操縦する 始める，決める in 1990, so even in the 2000s it wasn't really an 正確な reflection of how 十代の少年少女s spoke.'

Joe Thomas - Simon Cooper

The Inbetweeners changed Joe Thomas' life in more ways than one. Not only did his 役割 as bratty 十代の少年少女 Simon catapult him to stardom but the show also introduced him to his fiance Hannah Tointon.

Last year, the couple - who have been together for over a １０年間 - welcomed their first daughter.

Born in Chelmsford, Essex, Joe, 39, first started 事実上の／代理 when he joined the University of Cambridge's 演劇 club. At the time, he was 熟考する／考慮するing History at Pembroke college.

In a 2010 interview with student newspaper The Tab, Joe explained how he '実験d' with music and sports in his first 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 before getting into comedy after 会合 his 令状ing partner Jonny 甘い.

Discussing the 役割 which kickstarted his career, the father said: 'To be honest, when we started series one of The Inbetweeners, I was just trying not to be awful and cock it up.

'I think the show became so successful because it's about normal 十代の少年少女s. Most sitcoms 焦点（を合わせる） on discrete groups of people: like people who work in an office or whatever. So The Inbetweeners?is more like a soap or an American teen film. The actors in it all look like just anyone, and the characters are based on the middle 90 per cent of people.'

After the series ended in 2010, Joe struck television gold again when he was cast as Kingsley Owen in Fresh Meat - a show about students at Manchester University and co-starred Jack Whitehall, Charlotte Ritchie, Kimberley Nixon and Zawe Ashton.

Speaking to the 無線で通信する Times?in 2012, Joe 自白するd that he was very 類似の to the 'serious young man' he played on 審査する.

He 追加するd: 'I was やめる 類似の to Kingsley. I thought it was a 冷静な／正味の thing to be good at your work and I really 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 後継する.'

と一緒に Fresh Meat, Joe 再会させるd with Simon Bird on the 2013 comedy Chickens - which wasn't 新たにするd after the first season.

In 2018, Joe returned to the big 審査する in the comedy film The Festival - which co-starred his fiance Hannah.

While 促進するing the movie, he 自白するd on Sunday Brunch why The Inbetweeners US 見解／翻訳／版 never took off.

He said: 'They tried to make an American 見解／翻訳／版 of The Inbetweeners and it was very hard because they couldn't really 断言する very much because it was on 網状組織 TV.??And then you couldn't show them drinking and stuff and that's 肉親，親類d of the whole show.'

Although Hannah and Joe have been ひどく 私的な about their 関係, he did 公然と 確認する they were dating 支援する in 2010.

He said: 'I can't really see how those scenes kindled romance because they were all her 存在 sick into my mouth... but I'm really into that so 明白に it was 罰金!

'It's やめる an 激しい thing 存在 on 始める，決める, so maybe that 与える／捧げるs, but we're not basing our 関係 on the 関係 of Simon and Tara in the show.'?

?Blake Harrison - Neil Sutherland

He may have tried his 手渡す at everything from Agatha Chrisite adaptions to Bake Off since The Inbetweeners ended.

But Blake Harrison will forever be seen as dopey-but-lovable Neil to diehard fans of the show.

Born in Peckham in July 1985, Blake developed a love of 成し遂げるing 早期に and …に出席するd the BRIT school, which is the UK's only 明言する／公表する-基金d arts school.

Speaking to The Mail on Sunday's You magazine in 2009, Blake explained how his dad?was in the army, then became a cabbie before 運動ing m inisters around for the 政府 car service.

The Harrison family lived on a 会議 広い地所, and although he says he and his older brother had all they 手配中の，お尋ね者, and that the 広い地所 didn't seem that rough, his 視野 has changed. 'There'd いつかs be a few people in the area behind the 貯蔵所s on the 広い地所. At the time, I was like, 'What are they doing in there?' It's やめる obvious to me now that they were doing 麻薬s.'

At 最初の／主要な school he had always liked 事実上の／代理, and so his mum would フェリー（で運ぶ） him to Saturday 演劇 classes. He landed a small 役割 in Oliver! at the London Palladium 老年の ten, and then at 14 he won a place at the Brit School in Croydon, where his classmates 含むd Katie Melua and Leona 吊りくさび.

He 熟考する／考慮するd dance and 演劇 and then 入会させるd at the E15 事実上の／代理 School for three yea rs. 'And then すぐに after that Inbetweeners rolled along. I was very, very lucky.'

After the show wrapped in 2010, Blake went on to 星／主役にする in the 攻撃する，衝突する 2018 演劇 A Very English スキャンダル と一緒に Hugh 認める and also did voiceover work for the reboot of （頭が）ひょいと動く the 建設業者.

Most recently, he starred opposite Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie Too. Speaking to 数字表示式の 秘かに調査する, Blake 自白するd: ''My 即座の reaction was to be a little bit nervous because of how brilliant I thought the first series was and how 井戸／弁護士席 行為／法令／行動するd I thought the first series was from everyone. And as soon as I started reading the scripts I was just like 'ah this is just too good'.'

But while he's 感謝する for all the show gave him, Blake did 勧める fans to stop shouting out some of the series' most famous catchphrases - 含むing?'clunge' and calling people 'bus w****rs'.??

Speaking on the 'Distraction Pieces' podcast in 2021, hosted by Scroobius Pip, Harrison says he 悔いるs that so many of them became part of the English language - and wants people to stop.

He said: 'It's weird 'cos you think, 井戸／弁護士席 I don't think I've given the world anything 広大な／多数の／重要な.

'It's like the word 'c 肺'. Or people shouting 'bus w****rs' at people standing at bus stops.

'I 肉親，親類d of rather people didn't do that. It doesn't feel like the nicest or the best thing in the world to have 与える／捧げるd.'

James Buckley - Jay Cartwright

Born in Croydon in August 1987, James' father Kevin worked as a postman while his mother Sharon was 雇うd by the Home Office.

What's more, he is another Inbetweeners 星／主役にする who discovered his love of 事実上の／代理 早期に.

At the age of 14, he bagged his first 役割 playing Jonny Vaughan's god-son in the BBC sitcom 'Orrible.

In 2008, he was cast as Jay Cartwright in he Inbetweeners and went on to 星／主役にする in all the three seasons and the two に引き続いて movies.

Last year, the actor 述べるd it was the 'best 職業 in the world' - but 認める that there is 'not enough money in the world' that would make him want to reprise his 役割.

During an 外見 on The Chris Moyles Show on 無線で通信する X, Chris asked James what he would say if the people who wrote Inbetweeners （機の）カム to him with a new script for the show.?James replied: 'No. I don't want to go 近づく it anymore.'

に引き続いて the success of the show, James went on to appear in the TV show White Gold と一緒に his co-星／主役にする Joe Thomas and also made a cameo in a 2020 episode of Doctor Who.

In September 2022, it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that James had become the first UK celebrity to become a Cameo millionaire as he amassed $1 million (£930,000) on the app.

After joining the app in March 2020, he has 伸び（る）d?'財政上の freedom' sending fans personalised ビデオ messages, for a 料金.

によれば the 壇・綱領・公約’s 創立者 ツバメ Blencowe, James 'takes it very 本気で' and is 'ready to do the work' after it was 報告（する）／憶測d he replied to 37 ビデオ requests per day in 2021.?

He said: 'James was incredibly popular from the start, but he's stayed committed to his fans, always keeping an accessible price (even during his busiest periods) and giving his all to make each Cameo special.?

But he now spends most of his time running his successful YouTube channels, a gaming vlog called 完全にするd It Mate and another called At Home With The Buckleys.?

James also 文書s his family life with his wife Mussel 星／主役にする Clair Meek, 33, who he 株 sons Harrison, 10, and nine-year-old Jude.?

The husband and wife 二人組 brought out a 調書をとる／予約する At Home With The Buckleys: Scummy stories and misadventures from modern family life, last year.?

Charlotte Hinchliffe - Emily Atack

Emily Atack played popular girl Charlotte Hinchcliffe in the show, with her character and Will 株ing a cheeky romance.?She starred across 多重の episodes of the show between 2008 and 2010.?

Appearing on 略奪する Brydon's podcast in April 2022, Emily 明らかにする／漏らすd her award first 会合 with Simon Bird - who was 23 at the time - on 始める，決める.

She explained: 'The first scene we did together, was the scene where he was pogoing on 最高の，を越す of me.

'He had to get on 最高の，を越す of me and I remember thinking I’m going to have to say something to break the ice, and I said, ‘How does it feel 存在 on 最高の，を越す of a 17-year-old?’?

'He was like, "You’re 17! Oh my God." He was mortified.'

Atack （機の）カム an impressive second place in? Atack took part in the 2018 一連の ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.

Since then she became a 討論者／講師 on Celebrity Juice and had her own sketch show called The Emily Atack Show.?

In her new 文書の Emily Atack: Asking For It?, the 星／主役にする 明らかにする／漏らすd how she first started receiving online いやがらせ when she was cast in the show.

Emily also （人命などを）奪う，主張するd she is '絶えず' told she is 'to 非難する' for the いやがらせ because she is 'sexually 解放するd', 説 she wants to 戦闘 such thinking in her 文書の.

Speaking of the sexy lads' mags photoshoots which she 提起する／ポーズをとるd for at the 高さ of her Inbetweeners fame, Emily said she is proud of them and said other people took the 'joy' away from them for her.

Emily has often been open about her experiences of 性の いやがらせ, even 会合 MPs in 議会 まっただ中に the 提案する 法案 to make cyberflashing an 違法な offence.

Emily 長，率いる - Carli D'Amato

She was known as the hottest girl in school when she starred in The Inbetweeners as Carli D’Amato.?

And since the show finished, Emily 長，率いる has gone on to 捕らえる、獲得する a starring 役割 in Emmerdale 同様に as making a 指名する for herself in the London theatre scene.

Born in December 1998 in Fulham, Emily is the eldest daughter of award-winning actor Anthony 長，率いる - who is famous for his 役割s in Ted Lasso, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Little Britain - and his wife Sarah Fisher.

Speaking to You magazine in 2011, Emily explained how she used to put on plays for her family from the age of five.

She said: 'I 設立する one of those old programmes a while ago, and I was the 勧める, 支え（る）s person, director, writer, lead 役割, lead 役割’s mother, all the parts 事実上, except the dog, which was played by Daisy, my sister ? who’s also an actress now.'

What's more, the 星／主役にする says she believes the The Inbetweeners' success was 負かす／撃墜する to 存在 the 'anti-肌s'.

She explained: 'This is what the teenage experience is really like, in all its messy, fumbling, clueless 大混乱. But the biggest surprise is that parents enjoy it as much as their kids, and they watch it together. I guess everyone remembers 存在 at school, and they can identify with one or another of the characters and their problems and longings and highs and lows.'

株ing the life lesson she took away from the show, Emily 追加するd: 'Boys are dweebs and girls run （犯罪の）一味s 一連の会議、交渉／完成する them. It’s true. Girls 円熟した much earlier than boys and that’s when it all gets a bit witchy, because they’re aware of their 力／強力にする over them, and it’s all about how they 演習 that.'

に引き続いて on from the show's success, Emily starred as?Rebecca White in Emmerdale from 2016 until 2018.

Since then, she's moved into 令状ing and recently starred in her own play The System - a psychological thriller about a man who was 殺人d at his own birthday party.

Greg Davies - Mr Gilbert

Welsh comedian Greg Davies, 54, plays the no-nonsense headteacher, Mr Gilbert, at the Inbetweener's school, Rudge Park 包括的な.?

He had 以前 been a school 演劇 and English teacher in real life for 13 years, before leaving the classroom to 焦点（を合わせる） on his stand-up career.?

反映するing on his 職業 at The Inbetweeners: Fwends 再会させるd show in 2019, he said, seemingly with a touch of sarcasm, that 存在 a teacher was 'a living hell'.

Davies joked on the show about his old class that the Inbetweeners was 'the big break I needed to leave you all behind'.?

When asked whether his teaching styloe was 類似の to his character's he said: 'Gilbert is a psychopath. I had all the instincts Gilbert had but it's 違法な to 行為／法令／行動する on them in the way he did.'?

He has since seemingly taken elements of the 厳しい and 厳しい character 今後 in his comedy.

Now he is better known by many as the host of Taskmaster, a BBC series in which he fills the 肩書を与える 役割 of an 課すing disciplinarian who gets celebrities to 完全にする absurd challenges.

He also also had starring 役割s in sitcoms Man 負かす／撃墜する and Cuckoo, と一緒に Hollywood actor Taylor Lautner.

His stand-up comedy series You Magnificent Beast has been on Netflix since 2018 and another 最近の 始める，決める,?The 支援する Of My Mum’s 長，率いる, was broadcast on Channel 4 in late 2022.

In 2018, he teased that the cast would 'jump' at the chance to do a third Inbetweeners film.

'We'd all jump at a film, I'm sure,' the Mr Gilbert actor told The Sun at the BAFTA TV Awards red carpet. 'But I'm unaware at this moment there are any 計画（する）s. We had a 権利 old run at it. '

Davies also joked: 'Those four boys are nearly 50 now. We're the same age, they've caught up to my age. If they do decide to do something with it, it'll be a very different 判型, I guess.

'But 本気で, the affection that people I 会合，会う still have for that show is incredible. The 耐えるing love for it is really exciting.'

コマドリ Weaver - Pamela Cooper?

コマドリ, 52, is married to Shameless 星／主役にする Sean Gilder and played Simon's unappreciated mum Pamela Cooper in the franchise.

同様に as her 役割 in The Inbetweeners, she is also most famous for playing Clara in The Muppet Christmas Carol, 解放（する）d in 1992.

She has appeared in a number of comedy 役割s over her career, featuring in an episode of BBC sitcom My family and The Baby ? a comic horror on Sky 大西洋.

Her repertoire of comedy 役割s is 始める，決める to 拡大する as she has been cast in new comedy series on Disney+.

Her most 最近の comedic 外見 was in new Disney+ series 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の. She plays Colette in the first episode of the comedy 演劇 created by Emma Moran in which everyone over the age of 18 develops a 超大国.

ツバメ Trenaman - Alan Cooper

Simon's father Alan didn't appear in many episodes of the show - but he is memorable の中で fans for always embarrassing his son with 詳細（に述べる）s about his sex life.?

Alan Cooper was played by ツバメ Trenaman - an 遂行するd comedy writer who has worked closely with Lenny Henry and written scrips to Never Mind the Buzzcocks.??

Four years before 上陸 the 役割 in The Inbetweeners, ツバメ had a short-lived 役割 as a locksmith in Noel Fielding's 攻撃する，衝突する show The Mighty Boosh.

He also went on to appear in E4's PhoneShop, where he played the 経営者／支配人 Lance.

Speaking to CultBox in 2011, ツバメ 認める that he finds it weird 存在 approached by fans of The Inbetweeners.

He explained: 'I do get recognised やめる a lot by fans and they are おもに delightful .?

'I did have one girl who spotted me on my 動きやすい in 深い conversation and still （機の）カム over, nodded at me, put her arm around me and took a photo on her phone whilst I was 中央の-conversation, which was 半端物.'

Most recently, he appeared in the ITV 演劇 質問（する） - which was an adaptation of the 議論の的になる Major Charles Ingram 事例／患者 関心ing his Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 勝利，勝つ.

David Schaal - Terry Cartwright