{"id":42268,"date":"2023-12-21T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1949160"},"modified":"2023-12-21T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T10:13:59","slug":"big-boys-reveals-season-2-trailer-and-new-cast-including-van-der-valk-derry-girls-stars","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/big-boys-reveals-season-2-trailer-and-new-cast-including-van-der-valk-derry-girls-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Boys reveals season 2 trailer and new cast, including Van Der Valk, Derry Girls stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Creator and writer Jack Rooke previously teased some exciting new additions to the cast. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Abby Robinson\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 21 December 2023 at 09:00 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>Channel 4 comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/big-boys-channel-4-review\/\">Big Boys<\/a> was one of the best things on the box in 2022, so the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/big-boys-renewed-season-2-newsupdate\/\">season 2 renewal<\/a> came as no surprise to anyone who had followed leading lads Jack (Dylan Llewellyn) and Danny (Jon Pointing) as they navigated the highs and lows of university life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are finally returning, to take you all back to the pre-Brexit era of 2014\/2015, where David Cameron wasn\u2019t our foreign secretary and everyone was happily doing the ice bucket challenge,\u2019 said creator and writer Jack Rooke, teasing a \u201cbigger and better\u201d season with more \u201cjapes and scrapes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In season 2, the gang are taking on their second year at Brent University, which means their \u201cdegrees actually count\u201d this time, and they also encounter \u201cvirginity hang-ups\u201d and \u201cdrug experimentation (both legal and otherwise)\u201d, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Jack and his family are also still adapting to life without his dad, while Danny confronts his past head on in an effort to work through his mental health issues.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, Jack is still \u201cobsessed\u201d with Alison Hammond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/big-boys-channel-4-newsupdate\/\">Jack Rooke on Big Boys: \u201cIt\u2019s just the start of a whole lot of queer storytelling\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/christmas-tv-2023\/\">Best Christmas TV for 2023 \u2013 Your guide to what to watch<\/a>\n<div class=\"mt-sm pr-xxs hidden-print body-copy-large\"\/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mt-sm pr-xxs hidden-print body-copy-large\">Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/big-boys-channel-4-cast\/\">returning cast<\/a> includes Izuka Hoyle as Corinne, Camille Coduri as Peggy, Harriet Webb as Cousin Shannon, Annette Badland as Nanny Bingo, Olisa Odele as Yemi and Katy Wix as Jules.<\/div>\n<p>Watch them all in action in the season 2 trailer below.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Big Boys Series 2 | Coming soon | Channel 4\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/18Esw7iQtuU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Last year Rooke also teased some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/big-boys-writer-surprise-cameos-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">exciting new additions to the cast<\/a> and we can now reveal that <span class=\"s1\">Marc Warren (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/van-der-valk-season-4-release-date-itv\/\">Van Der Valk<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, Hustle) has joined as Dennis, Danny\u2019s dad, Louisa Harland (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/derry-girls-season-3-review\/\">Derry Girls<\/a>) is playing a character called Kerry, and Madelyn Smedley (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/traitors-season-2-do-dont-comment\/\">The Traitors<\/a>) has been cast as first year university student Sally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThere has been a lot of love for Big Boys from actors and comedians and people who I\u2019ve really loved, who I\u2019m desperate to try and find some good cameo roles for,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019ve offered like 50 cameo roles to various people who I\u2019ve met over the summer who really loved it. I will be whittling that down actually for production reasons. Yes, there will<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> be some fun things to expect.\u201d<\/span><\/p> <p><strong>Big Boys season 2 will air on Channel 4 in January. 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