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Teenage Kicks. Image shows: Vernon (Adrian Edmondson), Milly (Laura Aikman), Max (Ed Coleman), David (Jonathan Chan-Pensley), Bryan (Mark Arden). Image credit: Phil McIntyre Entertainment.

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Teenage Kicks

New ITV sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson as Vernon, a middle-aged man who moves in with his kids following a spectacularly nasty divorce

Broadcast:
2008  (ITV1)
Genre:
Sitcom
Episodes:
8 (1 series)
Starring:
Adrian Edmondson, Laura Aikman, Ed Coleman, Jonathan Chan-Pensley, Mark Arden
Writers:
Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Smith
Production:
Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Following a spectacularly nasty divorce, Vernon (Adrian Edmondson) moves in with his teenage kids. A rebel in his youth (or so he thinks), he is genuinely excited about living in their student flat, seeing this new found freedom as an opportunity to 'get down with the kids' and be young and reckless again.

Naturally, his kids, Max (Ed Coleman) and Milly (Laura Aikman), and their Chinese flatmate David (Jonathan Chan-Pensley), are mortified.

Our Review: The first ten minutes from the debut episode of this sitcom were absolutely dire in our opinion - nothing worked. The jokes felt forced, the loud laughter from the audience distracted, and the actors looked ill at ease.

Strangely as the episode progressed we found ourselves beginning to enjoy this comedy though. OK, the jokes were very basic - straight out of the old skool sitcom writing manual in fact - however the show was quite enjoyable none-the-less.

As the episodes progressed it didn't take long for our enjoyment to wear off though - this comedy is definitely never going to win a BAFTA.