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The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited. Damon Beesley
Damon Beesley

Damon Beesley

  • English
  • Writer, director and executive producer

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The First Team writers interview

Damon Beesley and Iain Morris tell us all about new BBC sitcom The First Team, set behind the scenes of a top level football club...

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 28th May 2020

The First Team review

Unlikely lads make this slow-burn sitcom not just for football fans.

Susannah Butter, Evening Standard, 28th May 2020

TV review: The First Team, BBC2

We might have to wait a bit longer for the real Premier League to start but you can get an early football fix with this new sitcom set in the world of soccer's top flight written by Inbetweeners writers Iain Morris and Damon Beesley. Although a word of warning if you are having really bad withdrawal symptoms, there is no actual football shown. This is pretty much a workplace comedy that happens to be set in the football world. Same shit, shinier cars.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2020

Review: The First Team

The Inbetweeners rightly raised Iain Morris and Damon Beesley to the comedy nobility. But with The First Team - another examination of young male relationships - they've missed the goal, certainly judging by a relatively flat opening episode.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th May 2020

The First Team - a football sitcom fit for relegation

This new comedy from the writers of The Inbetweeners boasts Will Arnett and trademark 'banter' - but there's only so long you can watch bored footballers playing Fifa.

Rebecca Sayce, The Guardian, 28th May 2020

The First Team, review: second division comedy

The German Bundesliga and reruns of classic matches have been trying valiantly to fill the football-shaped hole in our lives. Could new pitchside sitcom The First Team (BBC Two) further plug the gap? No, it couldn't. Viewers were left sick as a parrot, rather than over the moon, Clive.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 28th May 2020

The First Team review: football sitcom hits the post

New comedy series from the creators of The Inbetweeners fails to score big laughs.

Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 28th May 2020

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley on The First Team

The duo that skewered lad culture with The Inbetweeners are back and want to show us that football is not all toxic masculinity.

Jay Richardson, i Newspaper, 27th May 2020

How players gave Inbetweeners writers inside stories

The First Team lampoons the game's excesses - and much of the insight came from players and club officials.

Sarah Hughes, The Observer, 23rd May 2020

Inbetweeners creators hope to work with cast again

The Inbetweeners creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley aren't quite done with the cast of the sitcom just yet.

Together, the pair have just created the brand-new football comedy series The First Team, which stars the likes of Will Arnett and Chris Geere.

And while there may be plenty more projects the pair explore first, they've made it clear that they intend to reunite with The Inbetweeners boys at some point in the future, even if it's for a completely different show.

Chris Edwards & Abby Robinson, Digital Spy, 18th May 2020

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