Is Big Boys Based on a true story?

The series is loosely based on Jack's 2020 memoir, Cheer the [expletive] Up, which explores the comedian's mental health journey following his father Laurie's death and the suicide of his best friend, Olly.
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Is Big Boys based on a real person?

I really love that Big Boys is a sort of 50/50 drawn from real life but also just a creation of fumbling around. We get a few more cameos from you, what is the story behind that? The whole narrator device is directly taken from my 2017 Edinburgh show, where I spoke to the audience as 'you'.
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Who is the real Danny from Big Boys?

Cast and characters

Jon Pointing as Danny, a 25-year-old mature student, who is keen on nights out and trying to chat up female students, while dealing with, and disguising, his mental health issues for which he takes antidepressants.
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Is Big Boys an autobiography?

Writer Jack Rooke's loosely autobiographical show tells the story of “mummy's boy” Jack (Derry Girls' Dylan Llewellyn) becoming the first in his working-class family to go to university.
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What university did Jack Rooke?

In real life, Jack studied journalism at the University of Westminster in Harrow and the sitcom uses his former campus as the fictional Brent University, which his fictionalised-self attends in the show.
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What University is Big Boys based on?

In real life Rooke attended the University of Westminster in Harrow to study journalism and have his own independence while also not “abandoning” his mum who was just a 15-minute train ride away. But in Big Boys, Jack attends the fictional Brent University – which was actually filmed at his former campus.
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What uni is Big Boys set in?

Big Boys is a silly, sweet comedy about two boys from very different ends of the "spectrum of masculinity" who become best mates at Brent University's freshers week 2013.
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What is the history of Big Boys?

Big Boy began as Bob's Pantry in 1936 by Bob Wian in Glendale, California. The restaurants became known as "Bob's", "Bob's Drive-Ins", "Bob's, Home of the Big Boy Hamburger", and (commonly as) Bob's Big Boy. It became a local chain under that name and nationally under the Big Boy name, franchised by Robert C.
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Why is Big Boy called Big Boy?

The First Superfan, Richard Woodruff

Customers couldn't get enough of Bob's new creation. One fan in particular was a chubby six year old boy in droopy overalls. He would often help Bob sweep up in exchange for a free burger. In honor of his young friend, Wian decided to name the better burger the Big Boy.
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Who is Gordon Maxwell?

A British producer whose career began in 2002 as a researcher on factual entertainment shows, Maxwell graduated to producer where he specialised more in primetime entertainment and quiz shows.
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Does Jack Rooke have a friend called Danny?

On a blisteringly cold Thursday evening at the Huck offices, he's joined by Jon Pointing - the writer, comedian and actor - who shines in Big Boys as fictional Jack's straight best mate Danny, a lad's lad from Margate who's come to university to drink Red Stripe and shag, while carrying the weight of a traumatic ...
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What happened to Danny in Big Boys?

But at the end of the first series, a tearjerking letter soothes Danny, who decides to accept help from Jack and stay with his family for the summer. “I'm writing Big Boys for people who have gone 'I wish I'd said that at that time',” says Rooke.
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Who is Danny talking to on the bench in Big Boys?

Sometimes it's best if I'm just on my own, OK?" says Danny. "I just, I don't want to burden anyone." The scene cuts to the real Jack Rooke sitting beside Danny on the bench, who says, "You really couldn't burden us, mate.
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Will there be a series 3 of Big Boys?

Considering it's won a BAFTA and garnered a loyal following, you might think a season 3 of Big Boys was an inevitability. However, so far there's been guarantee that the Dylan Llewellyn-led comedy will come back to Channel 4.
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Who is Shannon in Big Boys?

Shannon, played by Harriet Webb

The ever-cheerful Shannon is Jack's cousin, who has a job running children's parties, though doesn't find it as fulfilling as she would like.
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What happens at the end of Big Boys season 2?

Second year ends as Jack, Danny & Corinne head for work experience with a banter-obsessed lads mag editor and an overly keen radio host.
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Why is Big Boy so skinny?

His stage name derives from his formerly large build, which he modified through duodenal switch surgery in 2003, leading to a nearly fatal weight loss of over 250 pounds.
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Did Big Boy start in Michigan?

Big Boy began as Bob's Pantry in 1936 in California, the United State of America. Big Boy Restaurant Group is an American restaurant chain. It is headquartered in Warren, Michigan (USA) in Metro Detroit. Big Boy was started as Bob's Pantry in 1936 by Bob Wian in Glendale, California.
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How many Big Boys survived?

They were the only locomotives to use a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement: four-wheel leading truck for stability entering curves, two sets of eight driving wheels and a four-wheel trailing truck to support the large firebox. Today, eight Big Boys survive, with most on static display at museums across the United States.
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What book is Big Boys based on?

The series is loosely based on Jack's 2020 memoir, Cheer the [expletive] Up, which explores the comedian's mental health journey following his father Laurie's death and the suicide of his best friend, Olly.
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Who built the Big Boys?

Though the "Big Boys" were built in Schenectady, New York by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) to the Union Pacific's design, none ever operated outside of the Union Pacific property.
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Who plays Tim in Big Boys?

Big Boys (TV Series 2022– ) - Robert Gilbert as Tim - IMDb.
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How many series of Big Boys are there?

A US format of the show is currently in development. The first series of BIG BOYS, written and narrated by Jack Rooke, starred Dylan Llewellyn, Jonathan Pointing and Camille Coduri for Channel 4 and aired in May 2022 to huge critical acclaim. The second series is currently in production.
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Who is Laurie in the Big Boys?

Big Boys (TV Series 2022– ) - Ian Burfield as Laurie - IMDb.
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