Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best sitcoms and comedy shows from both the UK and the USA.

Today we will be looking at a comedy that only lasted two seasons but did really well – Badults

Opening Sequence / Theme Tune

About the Show

Summary of Plot

Sitcom centred around the lives of outrageous flatmates Tom, Ben and Matthew.–IMDb

Number of Seasons / Episodes

2 Seasons

Characters:

Matthew Crosby – Matthew

Ben Clark – Ben

Tom Parry -Tom

Emer Kenny – Rachel

Katherine Ryan – Lucy

Jack Docherty – Mr Carabine

Trivia

+First aired in 2013

+ A second and final series was commissioned by the BBC on 23 August 2013 for broadcast in summer 2014

+ The series was developed under the working title The Secret Dude Society

+ As filmed at BBC Scotland in Glasgow in early 2013 where it was produced by The Comedy Unit.

+ Bruce Dessau, comedy critic for the Evening Standard described the show as “really rather good” saying “they have simply crammed in as many gags as it is humanly possibly to cram into a half hour sitcom.”

Classic Clips

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Cool Carabine