'The Inbetweeners' Reunion Branded 'Awkward' And 'Cringey' As 10th Anniversary Show Disappoints

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‘The Inbetweeners’ may be one of the most popular sitcoms of recent times, but its reunion has done little to please fans.

Channel 4′s special ‘Fwends Reunited’ was branded “awkward” and “cringey” as all four original stars came together to celebrate the show’s 10th anniversary on New Year’s Day.

'The Inbetweeners' reunited for a Channel 4 special

Rather than a new episode, the special saw the foursome – comprised of Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison – reflect on the success of ‘The Inbetweeners’ and share secrets from filming.

The chat show retrospective was hosted by Jimmy Carr and widely panned on social media.

There were those who complained that is was not actually a new episode (despite never being billed as such), and then those who noted how uncomfortable and disappointing the two-hour show was.

Watching the Inbetweeners reunion and dividing my time between pissing myself laughing and wanting to vom at the amount of cringe, awkward interviews
— Rhianna Dhillon (@RhiannaDhillon) January 1, 2019

It’s acctually a bit painful to see how much Joe and James clearly just couldn’t wait for this to end 🤦♂️😂😪(Retweet if you thought it was rubbish) #Inbetweeners #FwendsReunited @Channel4 pic.twitter.com/WVBHWJBgVl
— d (@Dean_tweeets) January 1, 2019

#FwendsReunited was painfully bad. Greg Davies should’ve hosted it. #Inbetweeners
— Sarah O'Connell (@SarahO_Connell) January 2, 2019

I just don’t know what it’s trying to be, clip show, weird version of Bake Off: An Extra Slice, the Let it Be concert or what. I knew it was a reunion, but feels a bit forced, self indulgent and weird. Like imagine if this becomes the norm and we get s Mrs Browns Boys version.
— Santiago Jones (v.2019) (@SantiagoJones) January 1, 2019

Well that was a bit rubbish 🤷♂️ Even the cast members didn’t look that bothered about being there. Greg Davies should’ve hosted but at least Neil Oliver stole the show #inbetweeners #FwendsReunited
— Tom Hall (@_TomHall1_) January 1, 2019

I love The Inbetweeners and consider it one of the greatest comedies ever made. Having said that this is pointless rubbish. Either make new ones or leave it be #fwendsreunited
— Daniel Earley (@DanielEarley) January 1, 2019

The Inbetweeners reunion special is even more painful than I could have ever imagined. Peter Andre is there. Everything is awkward. Oh god
— kirsten howard (@emotionalpedant) January 1, 2019

All they had to do is write an hour long episode about a school reunion and everyone would’ve been happy. But NO, we get this rubbish. #Inbetweeners pic.twitter.com/mAlHgzpXsz
— Jack Gould (@Jack_Gould_) January 1, 2019

...was I the only one who thought #FwendsReunited was gonna be a new inbetweeners episode? 👎
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) January 1, 2019

This is cringeworthy tv,,,, and not in a good way. Jimmy Carr keeps interrupting everyone and there's no enthusiasm from anyone. #inbetweeners #fwendsreunited #rubbish @Channel4
— Claire Pemberton (@claire_cp4) January 1, 2019

Bad start to 2019 last night thinking we were getting a 2 hour long episode of the inbetweeners .....honestly I’m still fuming about it 😂🙈 #falseadvertising #atitsbest #InbetweenersFwendsReuinted
— natasha richardson (@natasha21x) January 2, 2019

#Fwendsreunited was really overhyped. Give us another #Inbetweeners series instead.
— Jono Read (@jonoread) January 1, 2019

I love the #inbetweeners but this #FwendsReunited is such a hard watch, you know it's pretty bad when Neil Oliver from TV show Coast is the best thing about it...🤔🤦
— ThePoliticalAmanitaVirosa (@TVirosa) January 1, 2019

However, ‘Fwends Reunited’ did have some fans – albeit, the love for it wasn’t exactly overwhelming...

The Inbetweeners
Fwends Reunited

Pros -

Great to see clips of one of the best written sitcoms ever

Great to see the main 4 have great chemistry off set

Glad it’s not spoilt by being a new episode

Cons-

Everything else#FwendsReunited #TheInbetweenersReunion pic.twitter.com/ZbJxr0cxX3
— stupert (@chatswithothers) January 1, 2019

The inbetweeners thing is pretty good #inbetweeners
— Darran (@wellbuh) January 1, 2019

as much as i love inbetweeners i don’t think the reunion was as good as it was hyped up, it was nice to see them all but i kinda expected more lol ✌🏼#inbetweeners
— hannah xx (@xo_hannahx) January 2, 2019

the #inbetweeners thing is ok - @jimmycarr trying to make it a comedy show about him - but good to see the lads on there
— TheRealSharps (@therealsharps) January 1, 2019

It wasn’t just viewers who were divided by the show, as the critics were too.

The Telegraph called it a “shambolic mess that failed to do the show justice”, but The Independent hailed it for being “full of nostalgia, and poo jokes”.

There were also a number of revelations made during the show – the most notable of which being that former ‘Doctor Who’ star Matt Smith was originally in the running to play Will McKenzie, although the role eventually went to Simon Bird.

‘The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited’ is available on All4 now.