Coming Of Age. Image shows from L to R: DK (Joe Tracini), Ollie (Ceri Phillips), Matt (Tony Bignell), Jas (Hannah Job), Chloe (Anabel Barnston). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

8 part second series coming Autumn 2009

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Coming Of Age

8 part second series coming Autumn 2009.

A bawdy, crude sitcom from young writer Tim Dawson about the lives of five teenagers living in Abingdon

Genre:
Sitcom
Broadcast:
2007 - 2008  (BBC Three)
Episodes:
7 (pilot + 1 series)
Starring:
Anabel Barnston, Tony Bignell, Hannah Job, Ceri Phillips, Joe Tracini
Writers:
Tim Dawson
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Coming of Age is sitcom about the lives of five teenagers, created and written by 19-year-old Tim Dawson.

Jas, Ollie, Matt, Chloe and DK live in Abingdon. Their lives revolve around college, their bedrooms and, because they are always getting thrown out of the local pub, Ollie's garden shed.

Our Review: The 2007 pilot of this sitcom was not very well received at all - "juvenile, puerile and full of swearing just for the sake of it" appeared to be the general consensus on our message board.

The full series was... even worse! Yes, we couldn't believe it. This comedy is likely to only appeal to a very small demographic - those that find shallow and predictable nob gags funny.

Basically just sex talk from start-to-finish, Coming Of Age is not big or clever. The only thing this comedy does have in spades is painfully clichéd, predictable, lumbering, juvenile, weak attempts at 'jokes'.

In summary: an awful, awful sitcom with no redeeming features bar the good production design. And, just to point out, this British Comedy Guide review has been written by someone still within the demographic targeted by the channel - older generations may loathe this 'comedy' even more!

We are sitting here open mouthed that BBC Three has given the show an extended-length second series (which will broadcast this autumn). Further evidence the channel is going downhill.