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Big Boys
2022–2025
· TV Show
· 24 min episodes
· 3 seasons
A
MEANRANK
89/100
Every rating
Shy, closeted Jack has spent the past year at home with his mum, mourning his father, but the time has come for him to take his place at Uni.
Details
- Created by
- Jack Rooke
- Released
- 26 May 2022
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Episodes
- 18 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 3 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →3 wins from 16 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| BAFTA Cymru 2023 | Best Actress | Katy Wix | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2026 | Best Male Comedy Performance | Jon Pointing | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2026 | Memorable Moment | Big Boys | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2026 | Best Scripted Comedy | Big Boys | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2026 | Best Writer: Comedy | Jack Rooke | Winner |
| British Academy Television Awards 2024 | Best Scripted Comedy | Big Boys | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2024 | Best Writer: Comedy | Jack Rooke | Winner |
| British Academy Television Awards 2023 | Best Scripted Comedy | Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith, Bertie Peek | Nominee |
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BAFTA Cymru
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Katy Wix | Nominee |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Writer: Comedy | Jack Rooke | Winner |
| Best Writer: Comedy | Jack Rooke | Winner |
| Best Emerging Talent: Fiction | Jack Rooke | Nominee |
| Best Writer: Comedy | Jack Rooke | Nominee |
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best TV Situation Comedy | Jack Rooke | Winner |
British Academy Television Awards
6 nominations
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Jon Pointing | Nominee |
| Best Male Comedy Performance | Jon Pointing | Nominee |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Big Boys | Nominee |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Big Boys | Nominee |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Jack Rooke, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith, Bertie Peek | Nominee |
| Memorable Moment | Big Boys | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards
3 nominations
| Comedy Performance: Male | Jon Pointing | Nominee |
| Scripted Comedy | Big Boys | Nominee |
| Writer: Comedy | Jack Rooke | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards
1 nomination
| Director - Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy | Jim Archer | Nominee |