{"id":20700,"date":"2022-08-23T11:43:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1697112"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:07:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T10:07:16","slug":"big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Boys, with Derry Girls\u2019 Dylan Llewellyn, renewed for season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>If you loved Jack Rooke\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/big-boys-channel-4-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Big Boys<\/a>, you\u2019re in luck. Channel 4 has confirmed the comedy, which is based on Rooke\u2019s life, will be returning for a second season.<\/p>\n<p>That means viewers will be able to catch up with Jack (played by <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/derry-girls-season-4-explained-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Derry Girls<\/a> star Dylan Llewellyn) and best pal Danny (Jon Pointing) as they continue to navigate university, sexuality and mental health \u2013 with both hilarious and heartwarming results.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the news, creator Rooke said: \u201cThe response to Big Boys season 1 has been so phenomenally kind, heartwarming and beyond anything any of us could have hoped for. The fact we got onto Gogglebox is probably the proudest moment of mine and my mum\u2019s lives (she got over 100 likes on Facebook for it!).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so after a huge spitroast at Harvester, I decided I probably do have some more embarrassing stories about me and my mates to mine for comic material, so get ready for an even more cringe second year at Brent University.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/701981S1Ep1Big-Boys-Series-1-Ep1-01-1065eda.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Camille Coduri as Peggy, Dylan Llewellyn as Jack, Katy Wix as Jules and Jon Pointing as Danny in Big Boys.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Kevin Baker\/Channel 4<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Charlie Perkins, Head of Comedy at Channel 4, added: \u201cI\u2019m so happy to confirm that Big Boys is returning. This is one of my first commissions as Head of Comedy at Channel 4 and it fits squarely into what I think makes the greatest comedy; so much heart blended with so much silliness. Jack is a very special person I can\u2019t wait for what\u2019s to come in season two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A release date for Big Boys season 2 has yet to be confirmed.<\/p> <p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what else is on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at 12:00 am If you loved Jack Rooke\u2019s Big Boys, you\u2019re in luck. Channel 4 has confirmed the comedy, which is based on Rooke\u2019s life, will be returning for a second season. That means viewers will be able to catch up with Jack (played by Derry Girls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":20701,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2-scaled.jpg",2560,1754,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2-300x206.jpg",300,206,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2-768x526.jpg",768,526,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2-1024x702.jpg",800,548,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2-1536x1052.jpg",1536,1052,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/big-boys-with-derry-girls-dylan-llewellyn-renewed-for-season-2-2048x1403.jpg",2048,1403,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at 12:00 am If you loved Jack Rooke\u2019s Big Boys, you\u2019re in luck. 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