THE INBETWEENERS

 



The Inbetweeners is a British sitcom that originally aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010.
The Inbetweeners promotes passive text viewing as it is pure entertainment as the genre of the show is comedy and does not offer information, audiences are also able to personally relate to certain characters in the show, The Inbetweeners represents very common and usually characters that most ordinary people can identify with or have encountered during their school days each character has a different personality e.g. the geek, the idiot, the over confident, and the normal guy

Age is a factor which affect the representation in the show. The show revolves around four 17-18 year old and highlights some of the stereotypes which are often associated with teenagers however this group of boys are different and strive to become stereotypes to fit in.Also since they are 17 they are nearly adults and still trying new things which creates humour through the series when they are in awkward adult situations.
Ethnicity is factor which affects representation of the show .All four of the main characters are white and represents the stereotypical english town , where there are very few other races , however race is played on throughout the series and is used to create humour but also to show how the boys are perceived by other races when they venture out from their home town.
Gender is another factor which affects representation of the show. All of the four main characters are male and this shows the male race as being very diverse and dominant, throughout the series we see how the boys see females as sex objects and this is a main theme which runs throughout the series which often creates humour.
Every episode has a particular significant event and is focused on throughout with it often being resolved at the end . This is where Inbetweeners appeal most because there is always something new but some re-occuring events which adds humour to the programme.