Simon Bird: ‘All my favourite directors specialised in bleak, sad comedy – right up my street’
The Days of the Bagnold Summer director and Inbetweener answers your questions on Ethiopian piano-playing nuns, his ideal brand of custard and starring as a young David Baddiel
July 2019
Ranked
Worst holidays in cinema – ranked!
As Spider-Man: Far From Home and Midsommar bring the well-worn trip-gone-wrong back to the big screen, here are 20 of film’s most appalling vacations
May 2018
Jump the shark
When good TV goes bad: how The Inbetweeners grew up and lost its charm
Teenage innocence and anxieties kept the viewers laughing but with the characters reaching adulthood, the humour lagged behind
February 2016
Inbetweeners creators sign Film4 deal to make four comedy features
Agreement with Iain Morris and Damon Beesley revealed as part of Channel 4’s plans to boost film arm’s budget by £10m this year
December 2014
The Lego Movie block-busts UK box office in 2014
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s smart Lego cash-in beats The Inbetweeners 2’s Australian jaunt for No 1 place
Box office analysis: UK
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies marches towards year’s top spot at UK box office
The third Hobbit instalment keeps Paddington at bay, as family films shine brightest in the Christmas holiday charts – and The Lego Movie revealed as year’s biggest UK earner
Charlie Lyne's home entertainment
The Inbetweeners 2 out now on DVD and Blu-ray
‘Gone are the schoolyard cruelties that excused their worst behaviour; now these so-called inbetweeners have nothing left to be in between’
November 2014
Datablog
Beyond the UK and US: what films are top of the box office for the rest of the world?
The Lego Movie is the top grossing film so far this year in the UK. Guardians of the Galaxy tops the charts in the US, but what is most popular among movie-goers in other countries around the world?
September 2014
Film blog
Billy Elliot Live skips past The Equalizer to top UK box office
Box office analysis: UK
Apes swing past Inbetweeners to grab top spot at the UK's summer box office
August 2014
Box office analysis: UK
Scarlett Johansson's Lucy hands the Inbetweeners a UK box-office bashing
Box office analysis: UK
Carry on in Oz: Inbetweeners 2 still at the top of UK box office
Box office analysis: UK
Down under on top: Inbetweeners 2 is No 1 at the UK box office
Lilting, The Inbetweeners 2, Welcome To New York: this week's new films
The Inbetweeners 2 tops UK box office with biggest opening weekend this year
In The Inbetweeners’ hapless stars we see ourselves
Oscar Rickett
The Inbetweeners 2 review – sequel to the box office smash
The Inbetweeners 2 and how the coming-of-age film finally grew up
Inbetweeners 2: Eight things British people can't help doing abroad
Ricky Gervais to take David Brent out on the road for upcoming film
