Matthew Richardson - The Inbetweeners A-Z: The Totally Unofficial Guide to the Hit TV Series

Theres an ongoing joke across the three series of the show that, when Simon swears in front of Alan or Pamela, they almost always give him a polite reminder to watch what hes saying language! although it never seems to work.

Alistair appears in the first episode of Series Three; he is a student at Rudge Park Comprehensive, who puts on a fashion show to raise money and awareness for his kidney-failure condition, which has left him wheelchair-bound. Most of Rudge Parks pupils have rallied round to support this more-than-worthy cause, although Alistair is disliked by the four Inbetweeners due to his short temper and attitude. Alistair is played by English actor Steven Webb, a child star who since the age of ten has appeared in many theatre productions and TV shows; his major TV work includes The Magicians House, Holby City, Bad Girls and Doctors. In his other work, Steven appeared as a dancer in the now infamous Michael Jackson performance at the Brit Awards in 1996, when Jarvis Cocker ran on to the stage. Apparently, Webb cracked a rib when Cocker accidentally ran into him on the stage.

Andrew is Inbetweener Simons younger brother and represents pretty much all little brothers around the country; he is the scourge of Simons privacy and takes every opportunity to embarrass him in front of his friends and girlfriends, often outwitting him. A prime example of this is during the Bunk Off episode when Andrew begins to tell Simon in front of his friends how the whole school was laughing about him painting I love Carli DAmato on her driveway: Hes made you look a right knob was the comment from Jay. Andrew appears in six episodes altogether throughout the series, often with only a small part.

Andrew Cooper is played by actor Dominic Applewhite. Before appearing in The Inbetweeners, Dominic had one acting credit to his name in the childrens TV series M.I. High. After being cast in all three series of The Inbetweeners, he then had a small role in the multi-award-winning film The Kings Speech as the speech therapist Lionel Logues son, Valentine. In 2011, The Kings Speech received numerous awards and, after being nominated for 12 awards at the Oscars, the British film went on to win Best Picture and Best Director, and Colin Firth took the award for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI.

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Dominic Applewhite, the actor who plays Andrew Cooper, grew over a foot in height across the course of the three series. As hes not a featured character in the series, his size is apparent when comparing the first series to the third. His growth spurt was so obvious that, in one of his final scenes on the show, Dominic had to sit on a smaller stool than his co-star Joe Thomas, so he still looked like his little brother.

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Around the World

The Inbetweeners has made an impact not only in the UK, but also on international audiences and its not just Jays awful Aussie impressions as Bret Clement that have done the trick. Three jars of lager and a pint of Guinness hardly makes him a Rolf Harris sound-alike, but The Inbetweeners has made it in Australia since the show first began to air in 2010. Its also been broadcast in the US: on BBC America and MTV Latin America.

In fact, The Inbetweeners has made such noise across the pond that MTV has commissioned a full season of a US version of the show. Entertainment Weekly reported that MTV are to make 12 episodes of the sitcom starring Bubba Lewis, Joey Pollari, Zack Pearlman and Mark L. Young as the four awkward teenagers at the centre of the show.

David Janollari, MTVs executive vice president in charge of scripted development, told Deadline, The Inbetweeners is one of the best comedies to come out of the UK in years.

Eager to make the show a success, MTV have brought in some big guns to look over the project. Brad Copeland and Aaron Kaplan will exec-produce the series, alongside Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, original creators of the show.

Copelands credits as a producer and writer include big US TV shows such as Arrested Development and My NameIs Earl. He has also written for several film productions including