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Inbetweeners look for new Chickens run

Inbetweeners stars Joe Thomas and Simon Bird play First World War avoiders in Channel 4's Chickens.

The Inbetweeners are Chickens

The Inbetweeners' Joe Thomas and Simon Bird go back in time for a new comedy - where they chicken out of World War One.

'The Inbetweeners Movie' premiere - in pictures

The Inbetweeners Movie held its world premiere in London yesterday, with stars Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas turning out to launch the film to UK audiences.

Video: The Inbetweeners on the big screen

Actors Simon Bird, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas and James Buckley star as four teenage friends in the TV comedy The Inbetweeners.

They are now making their debut on the big screen with their film called The Inbetweeners Movie.

The film premieres in London on Tuesday evening. The cast spoke to BBC Breakfast about what fans can expect from the film.

'The new Inbetweeners' stars Jack Whitehall as student

Fresh Meat, starring Jack Whitehall and Joe Thomas and created by the makers of Peep Show, is being hailed as a university version of hit comedy The Inbetweeners.

Simon Bird and Joe Thomas become men in Chicken

They're famed for their roles as awkward teenagers in The Inbetweeners and now Simon Bird and Joe Thomas are shooting a new TV comedy called Chicken.

It's the Grimbetweeners

Cheer up, lads - your luck with the girls could finally be in. Actors Blake Harrison, James Buckley and Joe Thomas all look a bit glum as they start filming The Inbetweeners movie.

Joe's the one with balls

Blake Harrison, who is dippy Neil, said: "We've worked out now that if we all look unenthusiastic, they'll get Joe Thomas (aka Simon) to do it. He'll do pretty much anything, he has no shame."

Alan Carr returned tonight with a new series of Chatty Man and a plethora of half-decent guests, including David Hasselhoff, Colin Farrell and Cee Lo Green.

It would be all to easy to compare his talk show to Graham Norton's Friday-night programme and indeed, it would also be unfair to do so, because Alan Carr's efforts amount to nothing more than a pale imitation of Norton's show.

Without the celebratory atmosphere of a primetime weekend slot, Chatty Man felt listless and tired, which is never a good sign for a series-opener. As Carr limped through a weak preamble full of forgettable gags, he appeared to be lagging before the show had even started.

His first guest was David Hasselhoff, whose main purpose seemed to be providing a variety of Hoff-based puns (most notably, 'f*** hoff' and 'six-and-a-hoff') but who struggled to command the full attention of both the audience and Carr himself.

In fact, the host appeared slightly distracted throughout the programme and as the endless stream of guests flowed on, his focus waned and he seemed to be listening to them less and less.

Carr is an amiable little chap, but given that he's suppose to be a comedian, his jokes were far too thin on the ground. When the cast of The Inbetweeners discussed their show's success, they outshone him to a considerable extent.

The boys were witty and charming, but they pretty much led their own interview, a large portion of which centred on the burgeoning career of Joe Thomas' left testicle.

Unless Chatty Man can pull in more guests like them, this series is going to be a disappointing one.

The season finale in this terrific - if gleefully obscene - comedy about the growing pains of four decidedly uncool teenage friends finds Simon (Joe Thomas) in turmoil as his father tells him that changes at work mean that the family will have to move to Swansea. After learning that Swansea is in Wales, Simon is unimpressed. Will (Simon Bird) decides a camping trip is the answer.