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Big Boys Series 3 - Press Pack

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4 February 2025

Critically acclaimed hit comedy Big Boys returns to Channel 4 on Sunday 9th February for a third and final series.

BAFTA-winning writer and creator, Jack Rooke, said: “Ten years ago I took a rather ramshackle comedy-theatre hour about grief and friendship to a damp cave at the Edinburgh Fringe and never thought a decade later it’d be a silly, sweet lil sitcom about a lad’s lad and a dweeby gay becoming best mates. My therapist (a close lesbian friend) suggested that Big Boys is subconsciously about me not being able to say a proper goodbye to certain people or periods of my life, and so to give this show a final send-off is a huge honour. I’ve known the ending since the pilot, and I hope it still represents those first Edinburgh shows but also the collaborative genius of our incredible cast, crew and creative team. I’ll be indebted to them always for giving me the funniest, happiest years making Big Boys 1-3. Thank you!”

Series three will see our gang enter their final year at Brent Uni, with all the ups and downs of dissertations, deadlines, dating and the devastating departure of Louis Walsh from The X-Factor (for Jack anyway!)

Peggy and Shannon embark on new romances and never-ending nappy changes, whilst Jack and Danny’s friendship is tested to its limits as they realise proper adult life is coming. Will the boys still choose each other like before, or will this be the end of the road?

Big Boys is created and written by Jack Rooke, executive produced by Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla and Alex Smith for Roughcut TV, directed by Jim Archer and produced by Bertie Peek. It was commissioned for Channel 4 by Charlie Perkins, Head of Comedy and Joe Hullait, Commissioning Executive for Comedy.

Big Boys aired to critical acclaim in 2022 and earned Jack a spot on the prestigious BAFTA Breakthrough programme alongside receiving multiple BAFTA nominations across series 1. Big Boys series 2 won Jack Best Comedy Writer at 2024's BAFTA Craft Awards and Best Comedy Writer at The Royal Television Society awards 2024. The show has also been presented with comedy awards at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, Edinburgh TV Festival and Writers Guild of Great Britain.


Episode Synopsis 

The BAFTA and RTS award-winning BIG BOYS is back for it’s third and final year at Brent Uni. The Blue Shed gang contend with dissertations, adult decisions and dick pics being air-dropped by random lads in the library! But as the end of uni life fast approaches, Jack’s family continues to grow whilst Danny’s continues to throw challenges his way. 


Ep 1: MY BIG FAT GAY GREEK HOLIDAY

After a big win at bingo, the whole gang jet off to Faliraki for 4 nights of sun, sex and stoned parents, all before final year at Brent Uni begins.

Ep 2: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY YOU SILLY BILLY

It’s romantic meals for two at a pretentious pub for our new couples, meanwhile SU leader Jules tries to help some of the gang figure out their next big steps. 

Ep 3: THIN LIPS, FAT LINES & A POEM ON PRINCESS DI

Jack’s newfound spoken-word habit starts to wind everyone up as Peggy, Corinne and Yemi take their future into their own hands, whilst Danny freaks out about his.

Ep 4: EUROVISION, BREXIT & SHLOER

Final year zooms by as the gang finish up uni work and Shannon plans a party for Eurovision 2016, where her estranged mum is the ultimate party pooper.

Ep 5: GOODBYE U-N-I 

The blue shed gets packed up as dissertations are handed in and old hometowns await. But as Jack rediscovers a former crush, Nanny Bingo reveals hers.

Ep 6: THE SEA 

Hello you! There is no synopsis for this episode. You’ll just have to click play. Thank you for watching Big Boys! All my love, Jack xx

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4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Jack Rooke (Creator and Writer)

Interview with Jack Rooke (Writer and Creator)

How are you feeling about the third and final series of Big Boys? I feel very lucky and grateful, but I cannot lie, I’m really relieved [laughs]. I wrote, filmed, edited series two, handed it into Channel 4, and wanted to have a couple of months off, a holiday, a break, which ended up just being one

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Dylan Llewellyn who plays Jack

Interview with Dylan Llewellyn (Jack)

How much pride have you taken in bringing creator Jack Rooke’s story to life? That must’ve come with a bit of pressure… Oh, definitely, so much pride. It’s been a beautiful symphony of people orchestrated together. Jack is the root of it, and he’s just created something so special. We’re all so

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Jon Pointing who plays Danny

Interview with Jon Pointing (Danny)

Danny is a cheeky chappie with a heart of gold. Where would you say his head is at this series? The pressure really comes on in the third year. It’s the leaving [university] and deciding what you’re going to do with your life afterwards. That’s playing on his mind. Uni is this little bubble you can

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Camille Coduri (Peggy)

Interview with Camille Coduri (Peggy)

How much fondness do you have for Peggy? We’ve been on quite a long journey together. We shot the pilot at Jack’s Auntie Rose’s house, which was really something. That could be seven years ago this year, maybe more. I remember lying on her bed, chatting with Jack and Dylan, while they set up. We all

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Harriet Webb who plays Shannon

Interview with Harriet Webb (Shannon)

In the series three opener, you fall on the beach in Greece. How many takes were required? [Laughs] You’re not going to believe it, but it was the last thing we shot on the first day. We had about 30 seconds to shoot it. Obviously, because of resets, because of the sand, we knew it was only going to

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Izuka Hoyle who plays Corinne

Interview with Izuka Hoyle (Corinne)

The third and final series of Big Boys is almost here. How are you feeling about bidding farewell to Corinne? Ah, man, I’m sad. Really sad. There’s so much that comes with Big Boys other than the joy of playing Corinne. There’s the joy of being on set with this cast and crew, and there’s the joy of

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Olisa Odele (Yemi)

Interview with Olisa Odele (Yemi)

How are you feeling about the third and final series of Big Boys. Exciting but also sad times… I went through both emotions whilst doing it. We’d finished filming and done emotional scenes and I was completely fine. Then we came in for our photo shoots on the last day, and they’d kept the blue shed

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Katy Wix (Jules)

Interview with Katy Wix (Jules)

How far back do you and Jack go? Had you crossed paths before Big Boys? We must have met at the Edinburgh festival, or something like that. He’s done a couple of shows there. He started off at those pretentious poetry nights. He was kind of adjacent to the comedy world. So, it’s been lovely to see

4 Feb 25 Press Pack Article
Jim Archer (Director)

Interview with Jim Archer (Director)

How are you feeling about wrapping up Big Boys? Is it a mixture of sadness and relief? It’s definitely mixed feelings. We always knew it was three [series], so it’s been coming. There’s sadness there, but I think we feel we’ve told the story. It’s not like, oh, I wish we could have done more. It’s